KOSTA DRAKOPOULOS WENT FROM HAVING NO JOB TO BEING FEATURED ON AFR’S YOUNG RICH LIST TWICE. THE MILLIONAIRE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY DEVELOPER, DRAKK, SHARES HIS JOURNEY.
For two consecutive years, Kosta Drakopoulos appeared on the AFR (BRW) Young Rich List – a collection of the 100 wealthiest Australians under 40. His first placing came in 2016, when he had amassed a fortune estimated at A$60 million. The following year, it reached A$75 million. But despite his wealth, Kosta remains level-headed. “It was a great achievement,” he says. “I think my parents were proud. To me, it was just another day in the office.”
Kosta is the son of first-generation Greek immigrants and learned the construction trade from a young age. His father was a concreter and Kosta would often work by his side. While he knew that construction would be his ultimate career destination, young Kosta went through more than 20 different jobs first – including packing boxes for Fila and Nike.
“I had just got married, we had no children and what I wanted to do was find a job that obviously paid well but had a bit of flexibility to it so I could begin my own thing. I made the choice that if I was ever going to do it myself, I’d better do it now while I was young.”
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