Peter Dubens

Peter Adam Daiches Dubens (born 1967[1]), is a British internet entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder of Oakley Capital and its associated group of companies.[2] He has earned a reputation for avoiding publicity.[3]

Early life and education

He attended Sussex House Preparatory School in Cadogan Square, Chelsea and then the Jewish Free School in Camden, North London.[4]

Career

Peter Dubens worked as a driver for Joe Lewis, Bahamas-based billionaire before becoming an entrepreneur in 1985 after the launch of his thermochromic t-shirt company (age 18).[5] He occupies director and board positions with Time Out, the Daisy Group plc, Global Licensing and KX Gym.[6][7] After his t-shirt business, which he sold to Coats Viyella Plc for GBP8 Million along with its 6 airport branches in 1990, Dubens became the Co-Founder of Global Inc Limited, a certified clothing supplier to UK leading retailers Marks and Spencers, C&A, and the Arcadia Group. Later that year, he became Co-founder of Global Accessories Limited (a UK distributor for Vans shoes and Eastpack bags).[8] In 2002, he set up a hedge fund manager, Oakley Capital.

Political activity

Dubens is a Conservative Party donor. He donated £50,000 to the party in May 2017 and £200,000 and £50,000 in December 2019.[9][10][11]

During the 2019 United Kingdom general election campaign Dubens donated £250,000 to the Conservative Party.[12]

References
  1. "Peter Dubens" in The Standard
  2. "Peter Dubens" on Business Week
  3. "Peter Dubens, The Money Machine" on Real Business
  4. "Peter Dubens" in The Standard
  5. "Peter Dubens" in The Standard
  6. The Daisy Group Investors Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Peter Dubens" in The Standard
  8. "Peter Dubens" in The Standard
  9. Sahloul, Fareed; Ahuja, Vivek; Agini, Samuel (8 June 2017). "Oakley Capital Partner Among Big Donors Backing May". Private Equity News. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  10. "View donation". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  11. "View donation". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  12. McCall, Nick Rodrigues and Alastair. "Top 50 political donors who bankrolled the UK election 2019". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
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