Peter Dubens
Peter Adam Daiches Dubens (born 1966[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[edit]
He attended Sussex House School in Cadogan Square, Chelsea and then the Jewish Free School in Camden, North London.[1]
Career[edit]
Peter Dubens became an entrepreneur in 1985 after the launch of his thermochromic t-shirt company (age 18).[1] He sits on the board of Time Out plc.[4][1] After his t-shirt business, which he sold to Coats Viyella plc for £8 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 Eastpak bags).[1] In 2002, he set up a private equity 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[edit]
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]
Philanthropy[edit]
Established in 2019, the Peter Dubens Family Foundation (registered charity number 1187030) supports mainly UK charities and charitable projects in the areas of education, marine conservation, children’s welfare, and health.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Peter Dubens" in The Standard
- ^ "Peter Dubens" on Business Week
- ^ "Peter Dubens, The Money Machine" on Real Business
- ^ The Daisy Group Investors Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "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.
- ^ Sahloul, Fareed; Ahuja, Vivek; Agini, Samuel (8 June 2017). "Oakley Capital Partner Among Big Donors Backing May". Private Equity News. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "View donation". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "View donation". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ McCall, Nick Rodrigues and Alastair. "Top 50 political donors who bankrolled the UK election 2019". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ^ Gabriel Pogrund; Henry Zeffman (20 February 2022). "The Tory donors with access to Boris Johnson's top team". The Times. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ "UK Charity Commission website".