Peter Austin Vlachos is a native New Yorker. His father, Emmanuel Vlachos, immigrated to America in 1910 from Hydra, Greece and voluntarily joined the U.S. Army, serving in France during World War I.

Peter Vlachos served during the Korean War in the 93rd Bomb Wing of the Air Force Strategic Air Command and flew with the 328th Bomb Squadron as a radar bombing and navigational technician.

After the war, he graduated from Colby College in Waterville, Maine in 1958. He worked on Wall Street at Amott, the Dreyfus Corporation and Neuberger Berman and in 1989 founded Austin Investment Management, Inc. In 2016, Vlachos helped establish and joined Adalta Capital Management LLC where he is a Managing Director.

Over his career, he has served many non-profit organizations in varying capacities. Vlachos has been a lifelong supporter of the arts, humanitarian causes and education, having served on the boards and investment committees of Colby College, Outward Bound, Scenic Hudson, Metropolitan Montessori School, HANAC, Inc. and The School for Strings.

Vlachos’ commitment to good works and philanthropy includes serving on the Archdiocesan Council of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, as well as being Treasurer of Faith: An Endowment for Orthodoxy & Hellenism, Vice President of the American Associates of the Saint Catherine Foundation and Chairman of the Investment Committee of The Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Endowment Fund.

Vlachos currently lives in New York City and Martha’s Vineyard with his wife, Dr. Susan Deakins. He is the proud father of Zoë and Dimitri, father-in-law to Ho-Young Yang and Maja Kovalova Vlachos, and grandfather to Zara, Athina-Anna, Claire Natalia and Alexander Ely.