Ronald Abdala was born in London in March 1979, to Lebanese parents. After attending schools in London, Lagos, Paris, and Beirut, he moved to Los Angeles in 1996 where he enrolled in a fashion design program at the Fashion Institute of Design and Marketing.

In 1998 he moved back to Beirut where he began a degree in Graphic Design, but shortly thereafter enrolled in the newly-established ESMOD-Beirut to pursue a Bachelors Degree in Fashion Design. In 2002, after graduating top of his class, he attended Central Saint Martins in London to complete a two-year program, which included fashion marketing, and experimental fashion with David Kappo.

In 2004 he returned to Beirut where he joined one of Beirut's most successful couture houses: "Maison Rabih Kayrouz" as senior fashion designer. In the summer of 2007, he launched his Label "Ronald Abdala”