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Meet Frank(ie)

“I wanted to give hairstylists the opportunity to build a really good creative business with a sound business model, and have everything so they can focus on what they enjoy doing most.”

Frank Rizzieri, founder
Frank Rizzieri cutting hair, black and white

About 100 years in the salon business

Frank grew up in his parents’ salon. That hands-on start led to work as an editorial hairstylist for global fashion brands, regular seasons at New York Fashion Week, and three North American Hairdresser of the Year titles. He went on to help establish a cosmetology school and a business consulting firm in New Jersey.

For more than two decades Frank has helped up-and-coming hairstylists reach their business goals. Frankie is how he does that at scale: a franchise that lets stylists and entrepreneurs build salon businesses in their own communities.

Three generations

  1. Frank’s grandfather, Franco Ciprotti, opens his first barbershop and cosmetology school in Philadelphia.

  2. Maison de Paris opens, the first school of its kind in New Jersey. It later moves to Camden, then to Haddonfield.

  3. Sal Rizzieri joins the family, marrying Franco’s daughter Anna.

  4. In 1964 Sal opens his first salon, the House of Capri. Anna takes over Maison de Paris when her father retires.

  5. Sal renames House of Capri as Salon Mirage and moves it to a larger home in Washington Township, New Jersey.

  6. Sal and Anna rename Maison de Paris as the Rizzieri Aveda School.

  7. Frank takes ownership of the family business and rebrands it as Rizzieri Salon and Spa.

  8. The Rizzieri school moves to Voorhees, New Jersey. Rizzieri Salon and Spa opens in Moorestown and Washington Township, then adds a barbershop and skin studio.

  9. Frank launches Frankie, with the flagship salon in Collingswood, New Jersey.

  • Early barbershop with a row of barbers and customers, black and white
  • Early storefront beauty school on a city street
  • Maison de Paris Beauty College storefront
  • House of Capri salon lit up at night
  • Two-story Rizzieri salon building
  • Rizzieri storefront with a barber pole and red balloons at an opening

Team Frankie

  • Frank Rizzieri, Founder and CEO of Frankie

    Frank Rizzieri

    Founder and CEO

    Frank is an award-winning stylist, educator and entrepreneur, and the owner of Rizzieri Salon and Spa and the Rizzieri schools in New Jersey. He has worked as an editorial hairstylist for global fashion brands, styled at New York Fashion Week, and won North American Hairdresser of the Year three times.

  • Karen Kline, COO of Frankie

    Karen Kline

    COO

    Karen brings more than 25 years in the professional beauty industry. As the former VP of Sales and Education at Aveda, she specializes in luxury goods, retail sales, and salon and spa development.

“In our lives, we don’t have a lot of time. I wanted to spend the rest of my time developing something that I not only loved but that could be scaled, so that I could help entrepreneurs build generational wealth.”

Frank Rizzieri, founder of Frankie

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