Kyriakos Tsakopoulos comes from the Village of Rizes. He is president and CEO of AKT Development Corporation and AKT Investments Inc.
He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Columbia University.
He is an Archon/Knight Commander of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. In 2008, he was selected by the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, to be a member of the Forum of Young Global Leaders.