Konstantinos Kanellopoulos graduated from Athens College in 1982. He received his BA in Economics from Columbia University in 1986 and started his career in his family’s steel business in Greece. Following its acquisition by a European conglomerate, he further continued his studies by earning an MBA from Columbia University in 1993.  He then, for a number of years, was a banker in the Private Wealth Management divisions of Goldman Sachs and Citibank in New York, London, and Athens. He is a member of the Management Board of the shipping company Thenamaris Holdings Inc, and Managing Director of Idea Management SAM, a portfolio management company. He resides in Monte Carlo where, by appointment of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II, he is a member of the Principality’s Strategic Planning Committee.