Ed Kemppainen

Edvard Kemppainen (born September 1, 1951) is an American billionaire businessman. He owns the Columbus Stallions of the (NFL) and Alexandra Palace F.C. of the. He is the majority owner, co-founder and chairman of Lakeforest Furniture, a furniture store chain. He also ran for in the  and as an independent in the.

Early life
Kemppainen was born on September 1, 1951 in. He is the second of three children born to Henrik Kemppainen and Irina Juvonen-Kemppainen, who were Finnish immigrants from.

He graduated from the with a bachelor's degree in economics.

Career
In 1982, Ed and his older brother Tapani "Teddy" Kemppainen opened Lakeforest Furniture in. The brothers grew the chain from one store in downtown Houghton to over a hundred stores throughout the United States, often through acquiring buildings that had been vacated by tenants that had filed for bankruptcy during the, and later the.

Columbus Stallions
The Kemppainen brothers and three other partners purchased the Columbus Stallions from the estate of Harry Charlesworth in 2003 for a total of US$456 million.

After Teddy Kemppainen died in 2017, Ed became the sole owner of the Stallions.