Pierre Koshakji immigrated from Cairo, Egypt at the age of five and moved to Dallas in 1985. He co-founded and served in executive roles at Stream Energy in Dallas for 15 years. The company sold its energy assets to NRG in 2020 and he is currently Co-Chairman of Kynect’s Board of Directors. Kynect serves over 500,000 electricity, natural gas and other service customers in over 9 states.  He was recently Chairman of the executive committee of the National Energy Marketers Association and served on the organization’s Board of Directors. Pierre’s other energy interests include co–founding Apollo Development in Dallas with the mission of providing the energy industry with innovative solutions to harness natural resources.

Previously, Pierre served as a CEO and President in the reorganization of several public and private companies. He was a Director at Hunt Sports in Dallas under Lamar Hunt and Deputy Executive Director for the FIFA World Cup/National Organizing Committee, 1994 Dallas venue. Following his undergraduate degree in engineering at Vanderbilt University and a graduate degree in business at the Cox School/Southern Methodist University, Pierre worked at engineering companies as well as a consultant with international firms such as KPMG in Kuwait. 

He enjoys working with early stage companies and especially in the development of their cultural plans.  He serves as an advisor and Board member at Heroic Media, a member of the Dallas Chapter of Attollo, and as an active certified advocate for the international Virtuous Leadership Institute. Pierre and his wife Maureen reside in Dallas, have five boys ranging in age from grade school through Seminary and are parishioners at St. Rita Catholic Community.