Background
Touker Suleyman was born in Famagusta, Cyprus on 4 August 1953 into a Turkish Cypriot family.
Touker Suleyman was born in Famagusta, Cyprus on 4 August 1953 into a Turkish Cypriot family.
After moving to the United Kingdom he attended Peckham Manor secondary school.
In 2001, his company Low Profile Group purchased United Kingdom shirt maker Hawes & Curtis, and in 2008 he purchased United Kingdom fashion label Ghost. More recently, he has invested in a number of start-up companies including Bikesoup and Huxley & Cox. In 2015, The Sunday Times listed Suleyman as 637th in its Rich List, estimating his fortune to be £150 million.
Low Profile Group
The company’s factories are based in Turkey, Bulgaria, and Georgia.
Hawes & Curtis
In 2001, Low Profile Group acquired Hawes & Curtis for £1. Turnover at Hawes & Curtis rose from £600,000 in 2001 to £30m in 2014.
As of 2014, Hawes & Curtis operates from 30 branches in the United Kingdom and one in Cologne, Germany. In 2013, United Arab Emirates investment group Korath Holding signed a $5m deal to open 26 Hawes & Curtis stores across the Gulf over a period of five years.
Ghost
In 2008, Suleyman purchased United Kingdom fashion label Ghost after its owner, KCAJ, an Icelandic investment fund, cut investment following the collapse of the Icelandic banking market.
The acquisition safeguarded 142 jobs across the company. In 2009 the label announced its first collaboration with design duo Modernist. Other investments
Alongside Ghost, Touker Suleyman has invested in Docks Rio, a Casual Boat Shoe brand.
Intelligent Futures, an online advertising start-up.
Huxley & Cox, a manufacturer of luxury handbags. And Bikesoup, an online marketplace for bicycles in which he invested £100,000 for an undisclosed stake.
In 2015, Suleyman was chosen to join the investors" panel on the thirteenth series of British Broadcasting Corporation television programme, alongside Nick Jenkins and Sarah Willingham.