James Caan first joined the regular investor panel on Dragon's Den in 2007.
Caan is a British entrepreneur and investor whose business career has included recruitment and private-equity activities. His arrival added another investor with experience in building and financing companies to the programme's established panel.
The year 2007 refers to his joining the regular television panel, not to the beginning of his entire business career. Caan had already developed substantial commercial experience before appearing on the BBC programme. This is a common point of confusion when biographies list his television role alongside earlier business achievements.
Dragon's Den has changed its investor line-up repeatedly over the years. Consequently, a Dragon's joining year identifies a particular period in the programme's history and should not be confused with the year the series itself began.