Ηe was born in 1954 in Athens. His mother was the sister of Civil War commander of Greek People's Liberation ArmyELAS . He studied at the Graduate School for Industrial Studies of Piraeus, which later became the University of Piraeus. He then started a career of journalist and music producer. He worked for radio stations Athens 984, of which he was a founding member, Flash 961, 941 Communication, SevenX, KLIK FM 92,6 and ANT1, emitting daily from 1987 to 2010.