Elias Costopoulos
Chief Executive Officer
Elias Costopoulos
Yotta Volt’s founder and CEO has a strong entrepreneurial and technical background, with more than 30 years of experience in T&M and B2B distribution. Born and raised in Greece, he pursued an international career in the USA, Switzerland, Greece and Bulgaria. He has founded businesses in ten countries in Europe and sub-Saharan Africa.
Elias holds a barchelor’s degree in Physics from the University of Patras and a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Between 1992 and 2005, he worked in various sales and corporate management positions at NI, Hilti and IGD Group, before founding Metrisys, a distribution business for engineering measurement solutions.
He has been a long time proponent of the multi-national regional model and firmly believes that when it comes to distribution, size matters. In 2018 he founded Yotta Volt to fulfil his vision of building a world class T&M distribution network that spans across EMEA. He enjoys coding and is actively involved the development of YV ‘s state of the art information systems.
Elias is the proud father of 2 sons who study and work in the UK. In his free time, he pursues his passions for adventure travel and photography.