| Kyriakos Mitsotakis was born in Athens in March 1968. He graduated Salutatorian from Athens College, the leading Greek high school, in 1986.
Kyriakos obtained his bachelor degree in Social Studies, summa cum laude, from Harvard University in 1990. During his studies at Harvard he received the Hoopes and Tocqueville prizes for outstanding undergraduate thesis on the subject of US foreign policy towards Greece. Kyriakos also earned an MA in International Relations from Stanford University, where he focused on issues surrounding European integration, as well as an MBA from Harvard Business School .
Kyriakos worked in London as a financial analyst with Chase Investment Bank and as a consultant with McKinsey and Company. At McKinsey he served clients primarily in the telecom, media, and financial services industries.
In 1997 he returned to Greece where he joined Alpha Ventures, the venture capital subsidiary of Alpha Bank, as a senior investment officer. At Alpha Ventures, he executed venture capital and private equity transactions in Greece and the Balkans.
In 1999 Kyriakos joined the National Bank of Greece, the largest Greek financial institution, in order to set up the bank's private equity and venture capital operation. He was the chief executive officer of NBG Venture Capital from its inception in December 1999 and until April 2003. Under Kyriakos' leadership NBG Venture Capital quickly established itself as one the leading venture capital and private equity firms in Greece and Southeastern Europe.
In April 2003 Kyriakos resigned from NBG Venture Capital in order to pursue a career in politics. He was elected to parliament with New Democracy in the March 2004 elections, receiving more votes than any other New Democracy candidate in the country. Kyriakos sits on the trade and development and European affairs committees and is the President of the Greek-Finnish parliamentary friendship group.
Kyriakos is the honorary president of the Constanine Mitsotakis Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the historical archives of the former Greek Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis. He writes frequently for leading Greek newspapers on issues ranging from foreign policy to economic affairs. In January 2003 he was nominated by the World Economic Forum as a Global Leader of Tomorrow (GLT).
Kyriakos is married to Mareva Grabowski and has three children, two girls and a boy. He speaks English, French, and German. He is an avid skier and recreational basketball player. |
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