Jawed Habib is one of the famous hairstylists and beauticians in India. He is also an entrepreneur and runs a network of salons called “Jawed Habib”.
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Jawed Habib childhood photos
Jawed Habib Akhtar was born on 26 June 1963 (58 years old; as of 2021) in Rashtrapati Bhawan neighborhood. Number 12 and house number. 32. He received his MA in French from Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Judd Habib as a teenager
He attended a nine-month hairdressing course at Morris International School in London.
appearance
Height: 6′ (approx.)
Hair Color: Vanilla Blonde (dyed)
Eye color: brown
family, caste and wife
Jawed Habib is the eldest son of Habib Ahmed, himself a famous hairstylist.
Habib Ahmed: Jadd Habib’s father
Judd Habib’s mother
He has two younger brothers, Amzad and Parvez Habib. His grandfather was Nazir Ahmed, also a hairdresser.
Nazir Ahmed: Jade Habib’s grandfather
He is married to Shaheen Akhtar and has a daughter, Sana, and a son, Anosh Habib.
Judd Habib and his wife Shaheen
Profession
After completing his course in London, Jawed was appointed by Sunsilk where he worked for nine years. In 1989, he returned to India and became the spokesperson of the hairdressing industry. He started organizing workshops and seminars. He started small units in remote areas of India and taught a few students. This is how he started a network of salons in India. Soon he was writing books on hairstyling and hair care. It has over 790 sales points across 24 states in India and has over 41 academies. He also owns franchises outside India.
dispute
- He had courted controversy for printing an advertisement that seemed to hurt the sentiments of the Hindu community. The ad features the gods visiting Jawed Habib’s salon with the tagline “The gods also visit JH Salon”.
Jawed Habib’s ad sparks controversy
- In January 2022, during a training seminar in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, the celebrity hairstylist spat in a woman’s hair and joked that his spit worked too. Soon, video of the incident went viral on social media, and he was subsequently heavily criticized. The woman in the video, Pooja Gupta, who runs a beauty salon called Vanshika in Balaut, also criticized Khabib’s behavior. She said,
My name is Pooja Gupta, I run a beauty salon called Vanshika Beauty Salon and am a resident of Baraut. I attended Mr. Javed Habib’s seminar yesterday. He invited me to get a haircut on stage, but he acted very inappropriately. He showed us that if you don’t have water, you can also use your saliva. I didn’t get a haircut. I would get my hair cut at any local shop, but never at Javed Habib’s. “
Awards
Actress Salon Award
- Favorite Hair Academy Award
Favorites
- Cuisine: Biryani, Khichdi, Maggi
- Entrepreneur: Jack Cohen
net worth
His net worth is approximately $30 million.
fact
- In 2019, Jawed Habib joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in New Delhi in the presence of Tarun Chugh.
Javed Habib joins BJP
- Jawed Habib didn’t like his family career and initially wanted to do hotel management.
- His father, Habib Ahmed, attended Morris International School in London and was the hairstylist for most celebrities and politicians, including the late former President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.
Habib Ahmed and Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
- His grandfather, Nazir Ahmed, was the barber to Lord Mountbatten, the last Governor-General of India and the first Prime Minister of India, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.
- He said he had client marriages. He met Shaheen as a client in the “Jawed Habib” salon.
- Jawed Habib wants to be the “Tesco” of his industry.
- His first haircut in India was for a 9 or 10-year-old girl. He cut the girl’s hair very short and made her cry many times. He was upset by the incident and thought he made his first client cry.
- Jawed is obsessed with cricket. He was even the captain of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) cricket team.
Dealing with his cricket team
- Jawed Habib holds the world record for getting 410 haircuts in 25 hours and 42 minutes without stopping.
- He once said that he liked Lalu Prasad Yadav’s hair.
- The happiest moment in his life was when his daughter was born.
- He is a life member of the World Federation of Master Hairdressers.
- At his first press conference in Patna, he said hairdressing is a science. A reporter stood up and replied: “To kya hua, hain to ap nai hi na (So what, you are still a barber).” This sentence deeply hurt him.
- Jawed is a huge fan of Mohammad Rafi; he even once said that Rafi Saab is his weakness.
Unki Awaaz mein sur tha, meri kainchi mein hai”
- He was once a part of Miss India Pergent. He realized he didn’t like the way he was working as a hairstylist or working under someone. He wants hair and care professionals to be equally valued as artists.
- Jawed Habib has his own brand of hair care products.
Hair care products by Jawed Habib
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