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    Menelaos Mazarakis

    Founding Team at Anon, Ex PM @ Meta, Early Stage Investing

    Menelaos Mazarakis is a technology executive and entrepreneur currently serving as a founding team member at Anon, focusing on Product & Growth.4 Here's an overview of his background and experience:

    Professional Experience

    Mazarakis has a diverse career spanning technology, finance, and social impact:

    • Anon: Founding team member (current role)4
    • Chapter One: Head of Product & Investing Partner (June 2021 - prior to Anon)1
    • Instagram: Product Manager for Civic Products (June 2020 - May 2021)1
    • Google: AI Intern (May 2018 - August 2018)1
    • United Nations: European Union and Greek Mission Advisor (August 2015 - December 2015)1

    Education

    Mazarakis studied at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.1

    Areas of Expertise

    • Product management
    • Venture capital and investing
    • Civic technology
    • Artificial intelligence
    • Cryptocurrency and blockchain (Web3)

    Notable Achievements

    • Founder of Princeton Peru Partnership (September 2010 - June 2015)1
    • Contributed to drafting Google's AI Principles2
    • Represented Greece in squash at European Championships1

    Languages

    Mazarakis is multilingual, with proficiency in:

    • English (native)
    • Greek (native)
    • Spanish (full professional)
    • Portuguese and French (limited working proficiency)1

    Current Focus

    Mazarakis is currently building a startup in the national security and defense space, while also investing in and advising early-stage companies on product and growth.2 His work at Anon involves developing authentication and access management infrastructure for the "automated internet".3

    Menelaos Mazarakis has a particular interest in emerging technologies and their intersection with policy, as evidenced by his diverse background spanning technology, finance, and social impact.2

    Highlights

    Oct 25 · twitter

    A great underdog story...across the board Greeks punch above their weight. For business, culture, and values 🇬🇷

    Oct 25 · twitter

    The highest impact to word ratio CEO is @bchesky. Founder Mode & Art of Hiring is no exception:

    • Great leadership is presence not absence
    • When recruiting, start with the results and work backwards to the people
    • On product launches: coordination mechanism & marketing moment for company to ship products

    Live Player CEO 👑

    https://t.co/v6L8HGapf0

    Jul 9 · twitter.com
    Mene Mazarakis on X: "1/ Thrilled to share that I'm joining the ...
    Mar 24 · mene.xyz
    Mene Mazarakis
    Mar 24 · Yahoo Finance
    Coinbase Ventures and Chapter One Take Significant Share of ShapeShift DAO's New FOX Success Tokens - Yahoo Finance
    Dec 16 · Bloomberg
    Crypto, NFT, and Meme Stock Investors Describe Being 2021 Market Pioneers - Bloomberg
    Jan 12 · youtube.com
    Menelaos Mazarakis at TEDxYouth@PrincetonLibrary - YouTube
    Menelaos Mazarakis at TEDxYouth@PrincetonLibrary - YouTube

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