Touker Suleyman is a Turkish businessman and fashion entrepreneur. He is best known for his fashion label Hawes and Curtis.

His estimated net worth is around 150$ million.

Early life

Touker Suleyman was born on August 4, 1953 in Famagusta, Cyprus. His parents were Turkish Cypriot and they moved to England when Touker was still young. He went to Peckham Manor secondary school.

Career

Touker grew up in a working family and he learned even as a young boy how to productive. In 1984 he started his first small business, which was a cash and carry business. The business later changed its name to Low Profile Group and started doing more serious business with larger brands.

As a result of that the company soon started supplying larger companies like Marks and Spencer.

The company branches were located in Georgia, Turkey and Bulgaria. A decade later, his business grew and he decided to purchase a failed company and restore it. After only few years he managed to build a 30 million pounds worth company.

The company’s name is Hawes and Curtis and besides UK the company has branches in other European countries. In 2008 he purchased a fashion label Ghost and he also invested in Docks Rio a shoe brand.

Suleyman is not only interested in investing in fashion labels, in 2015 he joined other investors in the BBC’s project Dragon’s Den, a television show. The show gives an opportunity to entrepreneurs to present their ideas to investors, and then they can make a decision whether they want to invest or not.

He is one of the members of the cast alongside with other investors like Peter Jones, Doug Richard, Nick Jenkins and others.

He also invested in online marketplace for bicycles. Few years earlier the media talked about how David Beckham is renting a home from Suleyman. The property is worth around 20 million pounds and the rent was probably pretty high as well.

Suleyman has properties all around the world and his fashion retail business seems to be growing year after year. He admitted that his business wasn’t always going good and he had few failures, but he managed to float back to the surface due to his hard work.

His net worth is very impressive and he is a good example that hard work and a little luck is all you need to make it.

Personal life

Touker Suleyman lives in London and has two daughters. In the eighties he was forced to start his business from the beginning because he lost a lot of money when one of his business investors decided to quit.

Never the less he managed to build his company again from scratch, which only shows his perseverance and dedication to making good investments. He is a strong believer in responsible investing.

Quick summary:

Full Name: Turker Suleyman

Date of Birth: August 4, 1953

Birth Place: Famagusta, Cyprus

Age: 64 years

Profession: businessman, investor, retail fashion entrepreneur

Height: 1.75 m

Weight: 75 kg

Net worth: 150$ million