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earning £5.50 a week. Speaking of his experience there, he stated: "I did the accounts for small clients like dentists and doctors, other accountants and small businesses. In a way it was educational, but quite boring. I saw that there were three ways to make money. You were either a pop star, in the
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In the early 1980s, after being advised by a stockbroker, Suleyman took a 29.9% stake in clothing business
Mellins. He was later persuaded by Laing & Cruickshank that Mellins should buy a stake in retailer Bamber Stores "because it offered synergy—we make it and we sell it." After Suleyman asked
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garments for his grandmother who later told him that her friends wanted the same. He purchased more, which she then sold on his behalf for about a year. He describes this incident as his introduction to the fashion business. Suleyman went in to a partnership with the manufacturer, operating out of a
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Alongside Ghost, Touker
Suleyman has invested in Tru-Tension, an innovative motorcycle and cycling brand; 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
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were called in. The collapse of Bamber Stores now forced
Suleyman to find a way to raise money or see Mellins collapse too but he was unable to find investors. Suleyman was now stuck with debt and sold his house to repay money he owed to the bank.
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to do a review, they discovered that the business had falsified their records and was £20–26 million in deficits. A board meeting was held the following Monday where
Suleyman resigned, the company's shares were suspended, and receivers
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Suleyman as 637th in its Rich List, estimating his fortune to be in excess of £200 million.
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