Heikki Juhani "Hessu"[1][2] Salmela (born 30 December 1946 in Turku)[citation needed] is a Finnish fast food entrepreneur.
According to Salmela the government should take a loan of 15 to 20 billion euro to cover the losses of all enterprises in Finland so they could later continue their business as normal.
Nowadays Salmela is concentrating on the company Clewer acting in cleaning sewage water, where he serves as the chairman of the board.
He and his wife Kirsti have two sons, Kari and Marko, and the entire family works at the Hesburger restaurant chain.
[13] Heikki Salmela has gathered financial support for Alexander Stubb at the 2024 Finnish presidential election together with a group of businessmen in Turku.
Previously Salmela had supported Sauli Niinistö with an overall sum of 20 thousand euro both as a private person as a representative of his real estate company.