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