Greek Math Whiz at Irish Hedge Fund Tells the Tale of Two
ByKonstantinos Drakakis sips an espresso next to his hedge-fund office in Dublin and says any deal to keep aid flowing to his Greek homeland will make little difference.
“It’s like giving money to a drug addict,” said the 40-year-old Athenian, who is chief quantitative officer at Probability Dynamics on the banks of the River Liffey in the Irish capital. “He’s going to spend it and ask for money again later. Greece has lots to learn from Ireland.”
The bearded mathematician arrived in Ireland in 2006, four years before the nation followed Greece into an international bailout. Since then, he’s had a front-row seat as the fortunes of his old and new homes have drifted apart. While Greece has stumbled from crisis to crisis, Ireland is now the fastest-growing economy in the euro region…
Greek Math Whiz at Irish Hedge Fund Tells the Tale of Two
