Paul Salon was conceptualised by Abdul Karim. Hailing from a village in Uttar Pradesh near Gorakhpur, Abduls story is of humble beginnings. He started working in a barber shop in his village and then moved to Mumbai at the age of 14. Completely self taught, he started cutting hair at a local barber shop in Mumbai. He went back to Goraphpur and started work in another salon when one of the salon owners, recognising his talent coaxed him to go to Bangalore. With just dreams and hope and very little money he landed in Bangalore. He eventually worked his way up the ladder by working with some of the leading brands in Bangalore all the while honing his hair dressing skills which eventually led to him becoming a Kerastase ambassador, a huge honor in the hair dressing industry. After this there was no looking back. He branched our on his own and opened his first salon in 2017 and christened it Paul Salon in Mahadevpura. He opened his second salon in 2019 and is on an expansion spree.