葉傲冬出身政治家族，佢係前區議員葉國忠嘅仔同前立法會議員葉國謙嘅侄，阿媽係雷小惠。佢喺油蔴地天主教小學畢業（1992年小六）、何文田官立中學（1998年中五）同餘振強紀念中學（2000年中七），之後入咗萊比錫大學、香港浸會大學同香港中文大學修讀德文、歐洲研究（主要研究德國）同文化管理。
Born into a political family, he is the child of former district councillor Yip Kwok-chung and the nephew of former legislative councillor Yip Kwok-him, whose mother is Lui Siu-wai. After graduating from Yau Ma Tei Catholic Primary School (Primary 6 in 1992), Ho Man Tin Government Secondary School (Secondary 5 in 1998) and Yu Chun Keung Memorial Secondary School (Secondary 7 in 2000), he went on to study German, European Studies (with a focus on Germany) and Cultural Management at the University of Leipzig, Hong Kong Baptist University and Chinese University of Hong Kong.