Born in Aachen, Germany, I was raised by a Greek father and a Belgian mother. After concluding my training as a salesman, I then completed a technical training to become a master confectioner. In 2002, my employer flew me to Singapore to consult the entire confectionary industry in Asia. Four years later, in 2006, I started my own chewing gum factory in Guangzhou, China, and returned to Germany in 2010 to expand the business. Since then, Alex Sweets GmbH has been running successfully, which trades confectionary throughout Europe, South Africa, Australia and South Korea.

I began professional modeling quite late in life, at the age of 47 when I became a silverfox. I am currently located in Aachen, Germany, where I live with my wife and son.