Studio portrait of Simone Ranzini
About

My
story

I am a barber from Milan. I started at the bottom in 2013 and today I train barbers and shop owners in Italy and abroad, as European lead for JRL Professional and global ambassador for L3VEL3.

The barber entrepreneur

What I teach

I got here one step at a time: years at the bottom, plenty of mistakes and a lot of travel to learn from people better than me.

I teach what I do every day in the shop. A clean, precise and fast technique that works at real shop pace. And the part most courses leave out: prices, scheduling, client relationships, communication.

Train with me
Simone Ranzini showing his finger tattoos
From 2013 to today

My path

  1. Simone Ranzini, The beginning
    The beginning

    Self-taught, then the first shop

    Tired of leaving the barber unhappy, at 16 I picked up a clipper and started cutting my own hair, then my friends'. When I realised it could become a job, Hiro Vitanza gave me the chance to make the jump.

  2. Simone Ranzini, 2013
    2013

    Learning the trade

    I join Hiro Barber Shop in Milan, today La Barbieria di Milano. My first days are sweeping, washing hair and hours spent watching the senior barbers. That is where I learned the trade from the bottom up.

  3. Simone Ranzini, 2014
    2014

    Best International Barbershop

    In September, in Madrid, our team wins Best International Barbershop. We are the first Italians to bring it home.

  4. Simone Ranzini, 2015
    2015

    From barber to educator

    I start teaching cutting techniques and client management in Italy. In 2016 I teach my first course abroad, in Santiago, Chile. Since then I have trained hundreds of barbers in Italy and around the world.

  5. Simone Ranzini, 2021
    2021

    Hairmasterman

    I take part in and win Hairmasterman, the first Italian TV show about barbering. In 2022 I come back as a judge for the new season. I had already been judging competitions since 2016, at several international events.

  6. Simone Ranzini, 2023
    2023

    Training in Los Angeles

    I go to Los Angeles to train with Taylor Cutz, in my opinion the best barber in the world on afro cuts. I come home with a different technique and one conviction: the price of a service is set by the professional.

  7. Simone Ranzini, 2024
    2024

    Hong Kong and China with JRL

    JRL holds its first worldwide ambassador meeting: fifteen of us, between Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, to see where the tools are made. In Shenzhen a local barbershop challenges us to a contest and I win the classic cut category.

  8. Simone Ranzini, Today
    Today

    Two international brands

    I am the European lead for JRL Professional and a global ambassador for L3VEL3, which also took me to Chicago with the global team. With The Barber of the Future I run my own live training. In 2026 I am No. 53 in the Top 100 Barber Influencers.

Roles

Who I work with today

With these brands I do training, shows and events, as well as content for their channels.

European lead

For JRL Professional, the American brand of clippers, trimmers and shavers, I run training and shows in Italy and Europe, test and develop new products and present new drops on social media.

Global ambassador

For L3VEL3, the American brand of barber products, I am a global ambassador: shows and training courses in Italy, and the global team I also worked with in Chicago.

Winner and judge

I won Hairmasterman in 2021, the first Italian TV show about barbering, and became a judge on it in 2022. I have judged competitions since 2016.

The four petals

My symbol

My logo has four petals, one for each of the qualities I believe this job needs.

Ambition

Aiming for the highest level, in the cut and in how you stand in the market.

Passion

The same drive I had cutting my friends' hair, every day behind the chair.

Determination

Thirteen years of daily work: the method comes from repetition.

Humility

I started with a broom in my hand. You always learn, even from someone who has just started.

Contact

Let's work together

Training for you or your team, a partnership for your company or an invitation to your event: write to me and I will reply personally.

Prefer to write directly? sr.simoneranzini@gmail.com Instagram DM