Harris Daskalakis was born in Athens, Greece, in 1981.   

He holds a Bachelors Degree with Honours in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S , as well a Masters Degree with Honours from the London School of Economics, UK, in European Law and Government.  

He has completed his military service in the Navy in the year 2005 , and has worked as an analyst in the National Bank of Greece from 2006 until 2008 .  

In the year 2009 he was assigned the role of Executive Director for the International Schools of Greece, and in the year 2011, he was assigned the role of Executive Director at BCA College.  

In the year 2014, he founded Athens Tech College, a computer engineering College offering Bachelors and Masters degrees in partnerhsip with the University of Sheffield, as well as the startup company “e-ducation” offering production, training and educational games for elearning .  

Mr. Daskalakis is an elected member of the Greek Chamber of Commerce as well as treasurer of the Greek Entrepreneurs Association .  

He is married and has one daughter.