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Vassilios Katsos

Chairman, VNK Capital

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BIO

Vassilios Katsos was born in Athens in 1973. He graduated from Pierce College and continued his studies at the University of Athens, Faculty of Pharmacy. Since 1993 he became President of the Board of Directors at Pharmathen Pharmaceuticals as one of the major shareholders.

In 2015 one of the major PE firms, BC Partners acquired a significant majority in Pharmathen which today is an international pharmaceutical company headquartered in The Netherlands with operations in more than 85 countries across the world.

As Chairman and co–founder of VNK Capital, has actively pursued and invested in a growing portfolio of companies in Healthcare, the F&B sector, Real Estate Development, and 3PL among others.

As an active entrepreneur has received numerous awards and distinctions such as “Entrepreneur of the Year “ from EY Greece, “ Innovative Business “ award from Athens Chamber of Commerce, “True Leaders”, Multiawarded award of ICAP, “Best Workplace” among many others.

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