John Frieda (born Alan Howard Frieda, 9 July 1951) is a British celebrity

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and founder of

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and hair product businesses. The hair product business was acquired in 2002 by

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, Japan.

Early life

Frieda was born in

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. His father was Isidore Frieda, a salon and property owner, and his mother was Hannah Mary Docherty. He has three siblings, including

Nigel Frieda Nigel Quentin Frieda (born August 1952) is a British record producer, property owner of the Osea Island in the estuary of the River Blackwater, Essex. Early life Nigel Quentin Frieda was born the son of Isidore Frieda, a Jewish hairdresser, sa ...

, a music producer, and the owner of

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. Frieda attended private school, King's School, Harrow, and worked part-time at his father's salon as a

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student. Isidore mentored John and invested in his early ventures.

Career

In 1988 at the age of 37, Frieda moved to the United States (New York) for 12 years and collaborated with Gail Federici to create different hair products for blondes and brunettes and the Frizz Ease products.

Personal life

From 1977 until 1991, Frieda was married to Scottish pop singer and actress

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and together they had a son, actor

Jordan Frieda Jordan Frieda (born 1977) is a British actor. He is the son of Scottish singer Lulu and celebrity hair stylist John Frieda and was educated at Eton College (and briefly at The King's School, Canterbury) and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridg ...

. He later married Avery Agnelli, widow of the Fiat heir

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, with whom he has his two children and a stepdaughter.

References

External links

Official website (UK)
1951 births Living people British hairdressers English Jews Businesspeople from London Conservative Party (UK) people {{UK-business-bio-1950s-stub