They met at the start of 1990 in Sydney, Australia, when she taught economics at the University of Sydney. They wed in Athens in 2001. Australian Financial Review writes that the marriage collapsed due to different ambitions and geography.

Poulos, now has her own seafood restaurant overlooking Pyrmont and speaks with Varoufakis daily, as they have a daughter together. She supports her “ex” in his role as finance minister and hopes that Greece manages to break its economic deadlock.