Giuseppe "Toni" Mascolo (6 May 1942 – 10 December 2017) was an Italian-born British hairdresser and businessman, and the co-founder of hairdressing chain

Toni & Guy Toni & Guy (stylised as TONI&GUY) is a British international chain of hairdressing salons founded in the UK in 1963 by brothers Toni and Guy Mascolo. History In 1963, Toni Mascolo and his brother Guy opened their first salon in Clapham, Londo ...

with his brother Gaetano "Guy" Mascolo.

Early life

He was the eldest of five sons of Francesco Mascolo, who ran a barber shop and hair salon in

Scafati Scafati () is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno, in the Campania region of southern Italy. Geography Scafati is situated on the river Sarno. Under the bridge over the river into the village, the Sarno divides into a primary and tw ...

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, southern Italy, and his wife Maria Mascolo (née Gallo).

Career

In 1963, Toni Mascolo and his brother Guy opened their first salon in

Clapham Clapham () is a suburb in south west London, England, lying mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth, but with some areas (most notably Clapham Common) extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth. History Early history T ...

, London. By 2000, there were 112 salons, 27 of them outside the UK. Mascolo was the chief executive until his death in 2017.

Personal life

In 1970, he married Pauline O'Donnell, who had started working for them as an assistant in 1963. They had three children - Sasha and Christian run the company, and Pierre is a film producer.

Honours

In 2008, Mascolo was appointed an

Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(OBE) for services to hairdressing.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mascolo, Toni 1942 births 2017 deaths British hairdressers British company founders Italian emigrants to the United Kingdom Honorary Officers of the Order of the British Empire Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom People from the Province of Salerno