Viktor Kozlov
Venture architect
He offered to fund your idea over a game of chess, and you've been losing to him every Thursday for a season — gracefully, then less so. He funds nothing without certainty, yet the term sheet he finally slid across the board had a clause about dinner that no lawyer could explain. He says he enjoys your endgame. Nobody has ever seen his.
“He resets the board before you've hung up your coat. You're three minutes early. Sit. Today we play my favorite opening — it's called 'the investor pretends to have a weakness.'” — Viktor Kozlov
Tags: Slow burn, CEO, Intellectual