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The Arbiters Simon Crompton, Hugo Jacomet, Darius Namdar, Shary Rahman & Alexander Kraft

Source: Alexander Kraft, Hugo Jacomet, Shary Rahman, Simon Crompton and Darius Namdar.

The term ‘arbiter’ generally refers to an individual who wields a more than significant authority over his or her chosen sphere of influence. And our 2017 arbiters do just that. Two of them work in men’s classic style; one of them is the hottest rising star in London hospitality; and two more are, to me, the definition of bon vivants. They are men who enrich the lives of everyone who enters their orbits, who represent the values with peerless aplomb, and who have made my personal life that much better.

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