Touker Suleyman first became an investor on Britain's Dragon's Den in 2015.
Suleyman is a British-Turkish Cypriot entrepreneur and investor whose business career has included fashion retail and clothing manufacturing. His experience in retail, sourcing and brand development shaped the questions he asked entrepreneurs about margins, distribution and the ability to scale.
He joined the programme after several earlier Dragons had already established the show's investor-panel tradition. As with every Dragon, his on-screen offer represented a proposed deal rather than an automatic guarantee that money would ultimately be transferred.
The year can be confused with the dates of other panel changes because Dragon's Den has periodically refreshed its lineup. The exact milestone here is Suleyman's first appearance as a Dragon in 2015, not the year he began his wider business career.