John Casablancas

John Casablancas (born December 22, 1942) is a successful entrepreneur who founded the Elite Model agency in Paris, France, in 1972. He also founded the world's largest modeling school, the John Casablancas Modeling and Career Centers in 1987.

He was born in Manhattan, New York, to Catalonian parents from Sabadell, Spain, and grew up in the United States, Mexico, and Europe. His father Ferran Casablancas was a textile merchant. He was educated mainly in Switzerland. John Casablancas is the father of The Strokes singer Julian Casablancas and fashion designer Cecile Casablancas.

Casablancas worked in a variety of jobs including managing the marketing division of the Coca-Cola franchise in the northeastern part of Brazil. He opened his first modeling agency in Paris, France, and two years later created Elite Model Management.

He now heads the "John Casablancas modeling and career centers", a modeling and acting school, which has franchises in Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Italy, and Indonesia, as well as in the United States -- in Florida, New York, New Mexico, Washington, Pennsylvania, Ohio, California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Tennessee, North Carolina, Arizona and Illinois.

External links

* [http://www.jc-centers.com/ John Casablancas Modeling and Career Centers]