Konstantinos Gerardos's professional career began at the age of 8, as a salesman of Design Equipment at Plaisio’s first store at Stournari St. and carried on throughout all weekends and summers until his graduation from Athens College in 1995. After completing his studies in the USA, he officially joined the company’s personnel in 2003, being responsible for the newly formed e-commerce channel, plaisio.gr, while afterwards he led the management of the Stores Network, plus the Marketing and the HR Departments. Since 2012, he holds the CEO position of the company, whilst other important milestones in his career to date include: the recognition of Plaisio as "Retailer of the Year" and "e-Retailer of the Year" four times, the company's promotion as “Greece’s Best Workplace” for two years (2017 & 2019) the inclusion of Plaisio in the list of "Fortune's Most Admired Companies" five times in the seven-year course of the institution, and the "Retail Manager of the Year" title for 2020 Konstantinos’ proudest moments are beyond business accomplishments and include the creation of the robotics team "Plaisiobots", which won the gold medal at the International Robot Olympiad after a yearlong practice (2021), the creation of Atraktos initiative and a 30+ video series under the name “Atraktos Kids”, through which positive role models are promoted, as well as Plaisio’s volunteering team named “Plai sou”. To date, over 300 “Plai sou” volunteers have contributed to major actions related to education, such as the creation of the first STEM Library in a public school located in Athens, but also in the devastating wildfires of Northern Evia (August 2021), providing all necessary supplies for the new school year to the 3.089 students affected.