The low-key businessman behind Britain's hippest fashion brands
You'll rarely have heard of him, yet he is considered one of the country's most successful investors and entrepreneurs. His name is Peter Dubens.
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WHEN Alexa Chung, the 33-year-old model, television host, design collaborator and girl-about-London, announced last summer that she would introduce a fashion line this spring, she refused to reveal the name of her backer. In fact, she told news outlets that she had been explicitly instructed not to do so.
But in fashion, nothing stays secret for long.
The man behind the brand is Peter Dubens, 50, the co-founder and managing partner of Oakley Capital Private Equity, a mid-market company based in London that oversees assets of more than US$1.7 billion.
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