Leslie Spears was born in London, England. His career of over 50 years encompasses retail fashion, auto manufacturing, travel, education and training, international sales and marketing, business consultancy, chain and independent salon management and multi national beauty product distribution - he has worked or lectured in over 30 countries.

In 2000 Leslie Spears and Vidal Sassoon were jointly recognised for their outstanding contributions to hairdressing by the Fellowship of British Hairdressing. Leslie was the founder and entrepreneurial Chairman of Salon Success; a multimillion dollar organisation specialising in services to leading hairdressers around the world. In Salon Success he pioneered the development of his concept of 365 Day Hairdressing and was responsible for the launch and development of the Three-Six-Five Salon Owners Club and Paul Mitchell Luxury Hair Care in the U.K. & Europe.

Today, Leslie is the founder of Joy4u.com and Group Chairman of Joy Limited. His greatest achievement is his discovery and practice of the definition of ‘True Success... Love what you do and love the people with whom you do it'

Leslie Spears is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Journalists, a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He is the author of; Who's in the Market Place, The 3-6-5 Business Builder Manual, Wild the Way, The Time of Your Life, Drive the Journey and Hairdressing and the Marketing Spectrum.

It has been written...

"He is an artist and businessman.
A poet and an inventor, photographer and corporate planner. A publicist, marketer, consultant, lecturer and writer. He is creative. He has painted pictures and helped individuals and corporations -all around the world. A jack of all trades and master of all of them. There are many he has worked with who have put out new shoots and grown taller and many more who have strengthened their roots and prospered greatly. Anyone who is prepared to sit in the same room and listen to Leslie Spears will grow in new directions. I can promise that the experience will be stimulating, reassuring and productive. I speak as someone who has benefitted from the experience. To any individual who earnestly seeks to be more creative more prosperous and more satisfied by their professional activity I can only say ‘Meet Leslie and Listen'. (Peter Bragg).