Pierre Koshakji - Founder of Stream Energy

Keynote Speaker

Vera Aqua Vera Vita welcomes Pierre Koshakji as the Keynote Speaker for our 6th Annual "Evening at a Speakeasy" Fundraiser. Mr. Koshakji served as a Senior Managing Partner and a Founder at Stream Energy in Dallas Texas (presently owned by NRG) up until 2020. He continues today as an entrepreneur building businesses in the renewable energy sector including a focus on developing Solar Updraft Tower technology. He has an MBA from the Cox School of Business at the Southern Methodist University where he also served as an assistant men’s varsity soccer coach. He received his BS in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University where he was a dual varsity football and varsity soccer letterman. He went on to work as an engineer in Dallas and internationally as a management consultant for companies such as KPMG Peat Marwick in Kuwait as well as founded over ten companies in the technology and entertainment sectors. Pierre’s mission is to inspire and help others execute a “vision toward common good” through all vocations in one’s life. In 2021, he cofounded the Authentic Leadership Foundation to provide character-based programs primarily targeted at educators and youth with workshops available to businesses. Pierre and his wife Maureen are parents of five boys and are parishioners at St. Rita in Dallas, Texas.

  • Founder/Managing Partner of Stream Energy

  • Served as CEO and President of several public companies

  • Served on the Board and as a Chair of the Executive Committee of the National Energy Marketers Association.

  • Co-founder and Board of Directors of the Authentic Leadership Foundation/Dallas

  • Chairman of the Board of Heroic Media/Dallas

  • Served as Deputy Executive Director Dallas Venue of the FIFA 1994 World Cup