Graduated from Valley High School, Las Vegas, Nevada, then studied hotel administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Both his parents were born in Greece but emigrated to Montréal, Québec, Canada, where they met and married. Sophocles and his younger brothers were born there, but the family later moved first to Chicago, then to Las Vegas.
As a successful restauranteur in partnership with his younger brothers, opened another Greek restaurant in Las Vegas, Nevada. (October 2003)