Touker Suleyman first became a dragon in series 13 of the BBC show Dragons' Den.
Suleyman is a British-Turkish-Cypriot entrepreneur and investor whose business career has included fashion, clothing and retail. His experience in manufacturing, sourcing and consumer brands shaped the perspective he brought to contestants seeking money for product-led companies.
He joined the programme during a later stage of its history, after the original investor group had changed substantially. His arrival helped maintain the show’s practice of combining different commercial backgrounds rather than relying on a fixed panel of identical specialists.
The series number should not be confused with the year in which Suleyman built or acquired one of his companies. Nor does it mean he was the thirteenth investor ever to appear. It identifies the thirteenth British production series in which he joined the regular panel.