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.[1]

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).[1] He occupies director and board positions with Time Out, the Daisy Group plc, Global Licensing and KX Gym.[4][1] 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).[1] In 2002, he set up a hedge fund manager, Oakley Capital.

In June 2020, Dubens bought £803,000 worth of stock in Time Out Group plc at a price of £0.35 per share.[5]

Political activity

Dubens is a significant donor to the Conservative Party. He donated £50,000 to the party in May 2017 and £200,000 and £50,000 in December 2019.[6][7][8] During the 2019 United Kingdom general election campaign Dubens donated £250,000 to the party.[9] Dubens is a member of the party's Advisory Board for significant donors.[10]

References
  1. "Peter Dubens" in The Standard
  2. "Peter Dubens" on Business Week
  3. "Peter Dubens, The Money Machine" on Real Business
  4. The Daisy Group Investors Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Non-Executive Chairman Peter Adam Dubens Just Bought 87% More Shares In Time Out Group plc (LON:TMO)". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  6. Sahloul, Fareed; Ahuja, Vivek; Agini, Samuel (8 June 2017). "Oakley Capital Partner Among Big Donors Backing May". Private Equity News. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  7. "View donation". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  8. "View donation". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  9. McCall, Nick Rodrigues and Alastair. "Top 50 political donors who bankrolled the UK election 2019". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  10. Gabriel Pogrund and Henry Zeffman (20 February 2022). "The Tory donors with access to Boris Johnson's top team". The Times. Retrieved 8 March 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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