Mottos are inherently limiting.
NIKITAS KOUTOUPES was born in Athens and graduated from Pierce in 1991. At Pierce, he was President of the Student Government and won the Minnie Mills prize. Nikitas holds a BA from Princeton University (summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa) and an MBA with high distinction (Baker Scholar) from Harvard Business School. He is a Managing Director at Insight Partners, a private equity firm with over $50 billion in capital commitments, investing in high-growth technology companies. Prior to Insight, Nikitas co-founded Citadon, a software company that became part of Insight’s portfolio. He started his career with McKinsey & Company, working on strategy, turnaround, M&A, and corporate finance engagements. Alongside his work in finance, Nikitas is pursuing an MA in the Philosophical Foundations of Physics at Columbia University. He and his wife live in New York City, playing zone defense with their three children.