Yrjö Waldemar Vesa (12 April 1898 – 4 December 1967) was a Finnish engineer, businessman and vuorineuvos. Vesa was born and he did his studies in Helsinki. Following his graduation as Mechanical Engineer in 1921 he worked in Germany and United States in engineering and automotive companies. He returned in Finland in 1927 working for the following five years for Tampereen Pellava- ja Rauta-Teollisuus Oy in Tampere.