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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.

- Kosta Drakopoulos

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.”