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Santtu Seppala is a Finnish and American financier, analyst and stock market manager, who rose through the ranks in his chosen career to become a managing partner of one of the top financial services firms in the United States. However, he is more popularly known as the husband of famous actress Sarah Rafferty. The couple have lived in a happy and smooth marriage for more than fifteen years and have two very beautiful daughters.

Santtu Seppala – Biography,

Santtu Seppala was named Aleksanteri Olli-PekkaSeppala at birth on December 6, 1974 in Illinois, United States of America. He was born into the loving family of Mr. and Mrs. Seppala, who come from Finland. His father, Antti Seppala, is one of the largest and most sought-after independent pharmaceutical consultants in the Lake Forest, Illinois area. His mother had to give up her own career to become a full-time housewife in order to take very good care of the family and raise her children.

There is no information available about Santtu Seppala having any siblings so he might be an only child. Santtu was educated in the United States and although there is no information available about his high school years, it is known that he was admitted to Yale University in 1989, where he obtained his baccalaureate in 1993.

Not quite satisfied with his education qualification, Santtu Seppala enrolled in the Wharton School which is the Business School of the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in 1998. After completing obtained a sufficient college degree, Santtu decided to put his degrees to good use. He began his professional career at Salomon Brothers, a New York-based company, where he worked as a financial analyst in July 1993; he was with that company for two years and left in June 1995.

Santtu Seppala then joined the Defense Forces group for about a year – he was deployed to the Helsinki region of Finland. There is a law in the country that all Finnish citizens over the age of 18 must be conscripted into Finnish military service for no more than 347 days. He left the Finnish Defense Forces in July 1996 to continue his master’s studies.

Santtu joined Lazard Freres & Company in June 1998 as an inventory research analyst. He worked with the company’s asset management unit and left in 2003, after 5 years of meritorious service. In June 2003, Santtu was again in a professional career. This time he started working for the company Cantillon Capital Management LLC, as a portfolio manager. He spent 5 years in this company and left his position at the beginning of 2008.

After accumulating over 12 years of experience in the financial and inventory management industry, Santtu’s expertise was finally rewarded with his first senior executive position. In 2008, he was appointed Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Kiitos Capital Management LLC, a position he has held since 2019. He is also a director of Staxxon LLC, a position he held in 2015.

Family

Santtu Seppala is married to popular film and television actress, Sarah Rafferty. While it’s unclear where the couple met and when they met, it’s highly likely to be at Yale University, as they’re both alumni of this highly revered institution. . They were married on June 23, 2001, in a beautiful ceremony held at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Greenwich, Connecticut, under the direction of Reverend Alfred Riendeau. They have been married for 18 years and counting.

Their marriage is blessed with two beautiful daughters – Onna Gray (born October 22, 2007) and Iris Friday (born January 2012). More children could be on the way.

Facts About Sarah Rafferty’s Husband

1. Santtu Seppala’s wife didn’t change her name to her when they got married. Sarah Rafferty had already made a name for herself in the entertainment industry by the time of her marriage and therefore decided to leave her name unchanged after marriage.

2. Santtu’s wife Sarah is worth $5 million. Santtu’s net worth, however, is undisclosed, judging by the fact that he has over 25 years of professional experience in the financial industry and has been in senior management for nearly 10 years, a school of thought estimates that his net worth exceeds $8 million.

3. Santtu and his wife, Sarah, were honored guests at the royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018.
Sarah and Meghan are friends and former co-stars on the television series Suits

4. Santtu Seppala likes to have a private life and has no social media accounts.

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