Peter Jones is the only original Dragon still appearing on the UK television show Dragons' Den.
Jones joined the programme when it began in 2005 and remained a regular investor through successive changes to the panel. The original line-up also included Duncan Bannatyne, Rachel Elnaugh, Doug Richard and Simon Woodroffe, but each of those investors eventually left the programme.
Jones is a British entrepreneur and investor whose business interests have included technology, mobile communications and property. His continued presence has made him the longest-serving Dragon and the familiar link between the show's first era and its later line-ups.
This fact is sometimes confused with the question of who has appeared in the most series, because several investors have returned as guest Dragons or joined for long periods. The precise distinction is that Jones was part of the original UK panel and remained a regular Dragon as the others departed.