Craig Charles has almost two decades of professional experience in the barber industry and is the owner of Crown Cutz Academy Johnson City, TN and Bristol, VA. Craig was raised in Boston, MA and graduated from East Tennessee State University with a degree in Mass Communication. His barber career started in 2004 when he opened his barbershop, Craig’s Crown Cutz. With this venture, Craig formulated a plan to open a barber school and his dreams became a reality when Crown Cutz Academy opened in 2017. His first location was in Johnson City and the second location was opened in Bristol a few years later.