- John Frieda
John Frieda (born June 1951 in
London [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE0D61E38F937A25753C1A966958260] ) is an English celebrityhairstylist who built hair salon and product businesses on the back of his reputation. The hair product business was acquired in 2002 by an American division ofKao Corporation , Japan, for $450 million.Biography
John is a well-known
cosmetologist . The hair product lines he created are widely available in the USA and many other countries.He was previously married to the
Scottish singerLulu Kennedy-Cairns,OBE but he now lives with Frances Avery Howe (1965), an Anglo-American architect and the widow ofFiat heir,Giovanni Alberto Agnelli , son of the Italian entrepreneur and politician,Umberto Agnelli . She has a daughter from her marriage to Giovanni, Virginia Asia Agnelli, and they together have a daughter, Leyla Luna (2005), and a son, Jackson John (2007).He is the third of four children of Isadore Frieda and Nancy Doherty, both deceased. Isadore’s father fled
Poland during an anti-Jewish pogrom and set up abarber shop in London’sFleet Street . Isadore worked as a hairstylist in London’sHyde Park Hotel where he cultivated an elite clientele. He later established several businesses in a London suburb,Ealing , including a hair salon where John worked part time while athigh school . Isadore mentored John and invested in his early ventures. Nancy Doherty was the eldest of 10 children born toCatholic parents inMiddlesbrough ,Yorkshire .John's siblings are Jocelyn Simpson, Paul Frieda and Nigel Frieda. Nigel Frieda, the owner of
Osea Island , managed the British female group,Sugababes , and was married to the historianLeonie Frieda .Further background: [http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/John-Frieda-Professional-Hair-Care-Inc-Company-History.html]
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