Duncan Bannatyne is the Dragon who founded the Bannatyne health-club group.
Duncan Bannatyne is a Scottish entrepreneur, author and philanthropist who became a member of the Dragons' Den investor panel. His business career has included care homes, hotels and health clubs.
The Bannatyne Group operates health clubs and spas in the United Kingdom. The business developed from Bannatyne's wider entrepreneurial activities and uses his surname as its distinctive brand. That makes it different from a company merely backed by him through a television deal.
Bannatyne's television profile sometimes causes confusion with Peter Jones or Theo Paphitis, who are also associated with the British programme. The useful distinction is that Bannatyne is the Dragon whose name is directly attached to the Bannatyne Group. His charitable work and public speaking have also formed an important part of his public profile.