James Buckley-Thorp | |
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| Born | Tom Anthony James Buckley-Thorp April 1989 (age 35) Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom |
| Nationality (legal) | British |
| Alma mater | University of Kent |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Founder 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]
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]
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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