the life of John Paul Dejoria

  • Birthday

    Birthday
    John Paul Dejoria was born into an Italian father and greek immigrant mother. He lived in LA California.
  • Parents divorce

    Parents divorce
    Parents divorced when he was around the age of 2 years old.
  • Sold christmas cards to help support family

    Sold christmas cards to help support family
    John paul dejoria and his brothe rsold christmas cards to help pay for basic neccesities
  • Graduated highschool

    Graduated highschool
    He graduated high school and spent 2 years in the united states Navy, after which he held a series of jobs ranging from a janitor to an insurance salesperson.
  • returns to LA out of the navy

    returns to LA out of the navy
    John returns to LA out of the military to start a new career that will help him make more money.
  • Man of The year

    Man of The year
    John makes man of the year for selling the most encycolopedias for the company.
  • Paul meets a friend/buisness partner.

    Paul meets a friend/buisness partner.
    JP meets Paul.
  • Formed a company

    Formed a company
    Previous to this he got fired from his job at Redkin labratories but proceeded to move on to start his own company with Paul Mitchell and a small loan of $700.
  • co-founded the patron saints company

    co-founded the patron saints company
    Co-founded the patron saints and is a founding partner of the house of blues nightclub.
  • House of blues

    John paul dejoria co-founded the house of blues nightclub in Los Angeles.
  • primetime appearance

    primetime appearance
    jp along with an award winning actor appears in an episod of lifestyles of the rich and famous.
  • An invitation from the CIA

    An invitation from the CIA
    The CIA asks JP to train there team in the way of Paul Mitchell and how they can apply it. He launches a second training in 2001 (weeks after the 9/11 attack).
  • Starred in a film

    Starred in a film
    John paul dejoria starred in a film as his own buisness partner Paul Mitchell.
  • Food4Africa

    Food4Africa
    John Paul Dejoria traveled to sub-saharan africa to help feed over 17,000 orphaned kids in through this event.
  • Paul mitchell and john paul dejoria provide life saving meals

    Paul mitchell and john paul dejoria provide life saving meals
    John paul dejoria and p[aul mitchell provide food that saved the luves of many starving children in Africa through this year with money made by their company.
  • Sold tequila cases

    Sold tequila cases
    In the year 2011 john sold a number of 2,400,000 cases of his tequila brand.
  • Appeared on television.

    Appeared on television.
    John Paul Dejoria appeared on T.V for advertisemnet of the company he co-founded (patron saints)
  • Supports captain Paul Watson.

    Supports captain Paul Watson.
    Captain Paul Watson interfeared with shark finning operations and John Paul Dejoria supported him for his act through a video.
  • A meeting with the dalai llama

    A meeting with the dalai llama
    In LA JP meets with the dalai llama of the budhist religion.
  • Protecting animals

    Protecting animals
    JP and his 18-yaer old daughter broadcast from teh bay of ST.lawrence, Canada with sea shepherd.