Jawed Habib

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Jawed Habib is an Indian Hairstylist known for his hair styling techniques and his chain of salons, Jawed Habib Salons. As of the year 2018, he had 790 salons in 24 cities of India.In an interview, he said that he never wanted to be someones personal barber. He was more interested in doing Hotel Management.He did M. A. in French from JNU. He was obsessed with cricket and was captain of the JNU cricket team.In an interview, he said that during his final year at JNU he was not sure what he was doing with his life and at that moment his father convinced him to join Morris International School at London, where he did a 9 months course in Hairstyling. [2]Rediff.His grandfather, Nazir Ahmed was a personal hairstylist to the last Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten. His father, Habib Ahmed started Habib Salon in Delhi and his client list included Indira Gandhi, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru and Late Dr A. P. J Abdul Kalam. Nazir Ahmed.His first haircut was of a 10-year-old girl. He trimmed her hair so short that she began to cry. He was depressed by the incident thinking that he made his first client cry.Jawed Habib considers Jack Cohen, The Tesco Founder, as his role model. He reportedly said that he wanted to be like him and that he designs his business plans like Jack Cohen did.He is married to Shaheen and they have 1 son and a daughter. His marriage was a client marriage. He met Shaheen at one of his salons where she had come for a haircut.He holds the world record of performing 410 non-stop haircuts in 25 hours 42 minutes.He is die hard fan of Mohammed Rafi. He even once said that Mohammed Rafi was his weakness. He remarked.