Which British entrepreneur joined Dragon's Den as a Dragon in 2006?

Deborah Meaden joined the British television series Dragon's Den as a dragon in 2006.

Meaden is an English entrepreneur and businesswoman who became one of the programme's best-known investors. Before and alongside her television work, she built experience in leisure, retail and hospitality businesses, including the family holiday business Weststar Holidays.

She joined after the first series had established the programme and became a long-running member of the panel. Her investment approach has often focused on whether a company can scale, whether the entrepreneur understands the numbers and whether the requested valuation is realistic.

Meaden is sometimes confused with other female business figures who appeared on British entrepreneurship programmes. Her defining television role is as a Dragon on the BBC series, rather than as a host or contestant.