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The mansions Frizz Ease bought: £300m John Frieda’s property portfolio included a country estate Manhattan penthouse, two Ibiza villas, a £45m home next to the Beckhams – and SEVEN houses in Connecticut
John Frieda, the celebrity hairdresser and businessman who died aged 75 last week, built an international property portfolio alongside his hair-care career. The homes he bought and sold included London and New York properties, an estate in Hampshire, a Swiss chalet and several homes in Ibiza and Connecticut.
Frieda reportedly owned three London flats by the age of 20. From 1992, he bought seven properties around Connecticut’s Candlewood Lake, later selling them by 2011; his hair-care rights were sold for £334.3 million in 2000. His former £45 million Holland Park mansion, near the Beckhams, was sold in 2023, and his Ibiza holdings included a villa and a wellness retreat.
In short
- Frieda built a global property portfolio.
- He owned seven homes by Connecticut’s Candlewood Lake.
- His hair-care rights sold for £334.3 million.
Explained simply
John Frieda was a British hairdresser whose styling products, including Frizz Ease, became an international business. Alongside his career in hair care, he bought homes in several countries, building a property portfolio over many years.
His properties included London flats, a country estate in Hampshire, a chalet in Switzerland, villas in Ibiza and homes around Candlewood Lake in Connecticut, in the United States. The scale of the portfolio reflects how his business success extended into property, while the different locations show the international reach of his investments.
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