[2] He was a son of a textile salesman and co-founder of Piraiki-Patraiki Cotton Manufacturing Company.
[2] Stratos was active in the Orthodox Church and the Greek Scout Movement.
He also co-founded the Society of Hellenic Studies, a conservative liberal think-tank.
[3] Stratos built a close relationship with the Palace becoming a friend of the King Paul and his son, Constantine.
[3] Stratos entered politics in the early 1960s when the King appointed him as a minister in two caretaker governments.