Alexander Amosu (born 21 June 1975) is a British/Nigerian luxury designer and entrepreneur. He was named by

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as having created the world's most expensive suit. His £240,000 Diamond Encrusted BlackBerry Curve 8900 is ranked the world's most expensive

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. He is also credited with producing the worlds's most expensive champagne. He has created exclusive luxury phone designs for

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and

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Early life and education

Alexander was born at the

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to Nigerian parents. Alexander studied Aeronautics at

South Bank University London South Bank University (LSBU) is a public university in Elephant and Castle, London. It is based in the London Borough of Southwark, near the South Bank of the River Thames, from which it takes its name. Founded in 1892 as the Borough Po ...

, Computer Aided Engineering at the Queen Mary of Westfield University and Sound Engineering at

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. He holds an honorary degree of Doctor of Business Administration at

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. At 28, he hosted a TV show, ''Rich and Famous'' aired on Ben TV Sky 238.

Career

Amosu started his first job at 12 doing paper round. At 16 he started a DJ group called Shadow King, charging £250 to DJ in homes and clubs. He wrote his first business plan, for a cleaning company called Home Care Cleaning Agency, at age 19, turning over £1,500 per week with a total of 12 clients and four employees. He made his first million pounds when he launched the first urban ringtones company in Europe, called Rnbringtones, at the age of 24 in 1999 and sold it in 2004. His current businesses includes the Alexander Amosu brand, Mind of an Entrepreneur (helping people with entrepreneurism), Lux Afrique - the first pan African Lifestyle and Concierge service, Board member of E2Exchange. In 2012, he launched Kamson Luxury Group, acquiring luxury brands to launch in Africa. His first acquisition was ''Ok! Magazine''. He also launched his cigar business in 2018, making him the first African owed cigar company.

Collaborations

Amosu has spoken at a number of events globally, in May 2018 he shared the stage alongside other

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on an entrepreneurship panel, parallel to the events Amosu took part initialing massive collaboration art piece ''

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''.

Awards

* Young Entrepreneur Of The Year - Institute of Directors (2002) * 100 most influential black Britain * World's most expensive suit ever designed-

* Honorary degree of Doctor of Business Administration -

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Amosu, Alexander 1975 births Living people English people of Nigerian descent English fashion designers