Peter Jones was the only original Dragon to appear in every series of the BBC show Dragon's Den from its 2005 launch through 2022.
The British version began on BBC Two in 2005, with entrepreneurs pitching businesses to a panel of wealthy investors. The original panel included Peter Jones, Duncan Bannatyne, Rachel Elnaugh, Simon Woodroffe and Doug Richard. Jones remained part of the regular panel as other Dragons departed and new investors joined.
Jones is a British entrepreneur whose interests have included telecommunications, technology, property and retail. On the programme, he is often associated with questions about scale, ownership and the practical route to growing a company.
A common mix-up is to identify Duncan Bannatyne as the constant original Dragon because he became one of the show's best-known early investors. Bannatyne left the regular panel after the 12th series, while Jones continued. The programme has since featured many different Dragons, but Jones's long-running presence makes him its most enduring original investor.