Kyriakos Tsakopoulos
Kyriakos Tsakopoulos is President and CEO of AKT Development Corporation and AKT Investments Inc. (AKT), a diversified, family-owned, land company headquartered in Sacramento, California. AKT has spearheaded the development of new communities in Northern California. Today, over 60,000 homes and 30 million square feet of office, commercial and industrial space are located on land developed by AKT and its partners.
He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Columbia University, having previously served on the Columbia College Board of Visitors. He is a Trustee Emeritus of the California State University System, Chairman Emeritus of the University of California, Davis M.I.N.D. Research Institute, and a Trustee of the Crocker Museum of Art.
In 2008 he was selected by the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, to be a member of the Forum of Young Global Leaders. Mr. Tsakopoulos holds a BS from Columbia University (Political Science), and a Juris Doctorate from the University of the Pacific: McGeorge School of Law.