John Paul DeJoria is Founder, Chairman and CEO of John Paul Mitchell Systems, one of the fastest growing personal care, home care and cosmetics companies in the United States. DeJoria started his first business at age 12 growing cotton in Texas. By age 16, he was the president of the bank where he was employed. He attended college on a football scholarship and graduated with honors from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth
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DeJoria began his career as a broadcaster for radio stations in Fort Worth and Dallas, TX. He moved to Los Angeles, CA to pursue a career in communications where he worked for entertainment industry luminaries including Dean Martin, John Wayne, Buddy Hackett, Dan Rowan, Peter Sellers and Raquel Welch. After eight years of working for other people's ideas DeJoria was inspired to start his own company by watching his mother apply homemade lip balm to his lips.
His company has grown into a worldwide franchise with over 450 franchisees who sell over 1.3 million jars of lip balm each month.