Jawed Habib

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Jawed Habib
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Born
Jawed Akhter

(1963-06-26) 26 June 1963 (age 60)[citation needed]
OccupationHair expert, businessman, tv personality, politician
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)
(
m. after 1990)
Children2
Websitehttp://jawedhabib.co.in/

Jawed Habib (born 26 June 1963)[citation needed] is an Indian hairstylist, businessman and politician.[1][2]

Habib owns Jawed Habib Hair and Beauty Ltd., which operates across the country.[3]

Early life and background[edit]

Habib's grandfather Nazir Ahmed served as the official hairdresser for Lord Linlithgow Lord Mountbatten, and Jawaharlal Nehru.[3][4] His father Habib Ahmed also worked for the President of India at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.[4]

Habib attended the Jawaharlal Nehru University, obtaining a degree in French literature.[2] During this time, he was the captain of the university cricket team and wanted to become a cricketer. At the advice of his father, he later attended the Morris School of Hair Design.[4]

Career[edit]

In 1984, Jawed Habib started working with his father in their first salon, Habib's Hair and Beauty, in The Oberoi Hotel in New Delhi. Wanting international exposure and education, he went to London, UK to study advanced techniques in Morris School of Hairdressing.[5] He started his independent salon, Jawed Habib Hair and Beauty in 2000. He has been the brand ambassador for Sunsilk, a Unilever owned hair care brand from 2000 to 2009 and later went on to promote Panasonic styling products. He has been the official styling partner for Miss India and holds the Limca Record for 410 nonstop haircuts in 24 hours. He is also the only hairstylist to be featured in Times and Forbes magazine.[citation needed]

Habib joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in April 2019.[6][7][8]

In January 2022, a video of Jawed Habib using his spit to style a woman's hair during a workshop in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh went viral.[9][10][11] He later apologised for the act.[12]

Personal life[edit]

Habib is married to Shaheen Habib and they both have three children.[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. "India's most famous 'barber' with a striking family history joins team Modi and Shah", Business Insider, 23 April 2019
  2. 2.0 2.1 Tankha, Madhur (4 September 2017). "A cut above: Jawed Habib on the importance of hairstylists in fashion industry". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Mukherjee, Raka (23 April 2019). "Jawed Habib Has Always Had Political Roots. His Grandfather Was Nehru's Official Barber". News18. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Never wanted to be a hair stylist, says Jawed Habib". Firstpost. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  5. "Hairdressing legacy of jawed habib". jawedhabiblucknow.com. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  6. "Jawed Habib joins BJP, turns desh ka chowkidar from baalon ka chowkidar". India Today. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  7. "बीजेपी के हुए सेलेब्रिटी हेयर स्टाइलिस्ट जावेद हबीब, देशभर में सलून चेन". Aajtak (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  8. "Hair stylist Jawed Habib joins BJP". The Indian Express. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  9. "Video of Jawed Habib spitting on woman's hair goes viral, Women's commission takes note". Hindustan Times. 6 January 2022.
  10. "Jawed Habib in trouble, video of him spitting on woman's hair goes viral - Times of India". The Times of India.
  11. "Hairstylist Jawed Habib Spits On Woman's Hair While Demonstrating Hair Cut". Republic Bharat TV.
  12. https://www.indiatoday.in/trending-news/story/jawed-habib-apologises-for-spitting-on-woman-s-hair-in-new-video-dil-se-sorry-he-says-1897073-2022-01-07
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