Aris I. Xenofos was born on October 1, 1963, in Kefalonia, the largest western island in Greece, located in the Ionian Sea, between Greece and Italy. In 1966, he moved with his parents to Zakytnhos, an Ionian island to the south of Kefalonia, where he stayed until the end of his elementary school years, before moving permanently to Athens. Xenofos is married with two children. He is an economist by profession, with top executive management roles in prominent corporate entities and institutions, a former horse-riding athlete and a karate trainer. In May 2024, he published his first children’s book, The Little Raindrop, Austin Macauley Publishers, inspired by his two sons.
