Ole Peder Bertelsen
Ole Peder Bertelsen (30 November 1930 - 10 July 2018) was a Danish-born oil trader and a London fashion trade entrepreneur. In 1985, he brought Ralph Lauren’s brand to England. He was the son of a horse dealer and was born in the seaport of Esbjerg on the Jutland Peninsula on November 30, 1930.[1][2] He graduated from Copenhagen University with a degree in Economics and joined the Shell oil company where he worked for 15 years.[1] He made his money in oil in the 1980s. Then, in 1982, he was an investment advisor to an oil company that had, as part of its investments, a Colorado ranch. The neighbor of that ranch, Ralph Lauren, wanted to buy the property and, in exchange, Lauren offered his European distribution and his London shop to Bertelsen.[3][4] In the 1980’s, Bertelsen was called “the most powerful fashion entrepreneur” by The London Standard. His company, Aguecheek,[5] had many London boutiques including those for Ungaro, Valentino, Katharine Hamnett, Krizia, Walter Steiger, Giorgio Armani, Tiffany, Luciano Soprani and Comme des Garcons Homme Plu.[4][6] He opened Gallery 28, a Mayfair outlet with many designers' clothes.
He married Prue Hyne in 1960 and they had three sons.[1]
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- ^ a b Times, Michael Gross and Special To the New York. "IN LONDON, THE 'DESIGN WARS'". Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- ^ "Christian Lacroix, the heir to Yves St Laurent – fashion archive, 1987". the Guardian. 2017-10-18. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
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