James Buckley-Thorp

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James Buckley-Thorp
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Born
Tom Anthony James Buckley-Thorp

April 1989 (age 35)
Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Alma mater University of Kent
OccupationBusinessman
Known forFounder of Rupert and Buckley [1]
Founder and CEO of Bequest (company) [2]

James Buckley-Thorp (born April 1989) is a British entrepreneur [3] from Somerset, United Kingdom. [4] [5]

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Early life and education

James Buckley-Thorp was born in April 1989 [6] in Bath, Somerset, [7] United Kingdom as Tom Anthony James Buckley-Thorp. [8] He did his schooling at Clayton Hall Academy in Staffordshire [9] and graduated in law from the University of Kent in Canterbury, UK. [10]

Career

James founded the international clothing brand Rupert and Buckley in 2011 [11] and opened its first shop in Bath, Somerset [12] followed by another new store in the city centre of Oxford in 2016. [13] In 2016, James exited and sold Rupert and Buckley. [7] He then moved to San Francisco for one year. [14]

In 2018, he moved to London, where he subsequently founded his second business, Bequest [ citation needed ] which is a fintech life insurance company based in London. [15] [16]

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