Angelos Angelou is the founder and CEO of Angelou Economics an international economic development and site selection firm, and International Accelerator a startup accelerator for foreign born entrepreneurs. Prior to founding AngelouEconomics, he spent nearly 12 years with the Austin Chamber of Commerce as Vice President of Economic Development and Chief Economist. During his time at the chamber, Angelos handled the recruitment of 800 technology companies and some 70,000 employees, including IBM, Apple, Samsung, Motorola, AMD, Cypress Semiconductor, Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron, and Sematech.