Touker Suleyman (born Türker Süleyman;[1] 4 August 1953) is a British-Turkish Cypriot fashion retail entrepreneur, investor, and reality television personality.
[7] After leaving school, Suleyman joined a chartered accountancy firm in Southampton Row, London,[8] heeding his father's wishes that he enter a secure profession.
[8] Suleyman went in to a partnership with the manufacturer, operating out of a factory in East London before going on to form Kingsland Models which supplied clothing to the likes of C&A, Dorothy Perkins and Top Shop.
[4][6] A board meeting was held the following Monday where Suleyman resigned, the company's shares were suspended, and receivers Cork Gully were called in.
[12] In 1984, Suleyman acquired a small cash-and-carry business which subsequently became Low Profile Group, a clothing manufacturer supplying retail stores including Marks & Spencer.
In 2013, UAE investment group Korath Holding signed a $5 million deal to open 26 Hawes & Curtis stores across the Gulf over five years.
[16][17] Alongside Ghost, Touker Suleyman has invested in Docks Rio, a casual boat shoe brand; Intelligent Futures, an online advertising start-up; Personify XP, an AI personalisation 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.
[13][18] In 2015, Suleyman joined the investors' panel on the thirteenth series of BBC television programme Dragons' Den, alongside Nick Jenkins and Sarah Willingham.