Ariadne Velissaropoulos is an angel investor and strategic advisor to start-ups, with a focus on ones with female founding teams. In parallel, she serves on the Board of Petros Petropoulos, an AthEx-listed automotive importer and distributor, as well as the board of The Home Project, an NGO working to improve the lives of unaccompanied minor refugees. Finally, she serves as an Ambassador of the Georgetown Institute for Women Peace and Security, which studies and highlights the role of women in peace and security globally.
Ariadne began her career at Young & Rubicam in New York, working first in its Advertising division, and then at Burson Marsteller, its Public Relations subsidiary. After earning an MBA, she worked for Morgan Stanley’s Equities Division in London. Subsequently, she ran the distribution function for three alternative investment management firms in London and Geneva.. Over the course of her 15 years in asset management she raised more than $4.5 billion from top-tier institutional investors.
Ms Velissaropoulos holds a BSLA in Government and French from Georgetown University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
