Author
George Courmouzis
George Courmouzis is a retired international sports executive who specialized in sports event creation and rights management.
In his youth an athlete of distinction, he has been involved with the Olympic Movement since the 1976 Montreal Games and was a key figure in delivering the Athens Summer Olympics in 2004. Earlier, he led the team that launched the International Olympic Truce Center.
He is also considered the architect of the Greek sports marketing industry, managing the commercial
rights of leagues, individual sports and athletes at home and in Europe.
He lived and worked in North America before building his sports and leisure business in Greece and
the Balkans. He holds a BS (Massachusetts/Amherst) and an MBA (Michigan State).