Peter Jones is the only original Dragons' Den investor to remain on the panel continuously since 2005.
Jones joined the original British panel when Dragons' Den began broadcasting in 2005. He became one of the programme’s most recognisable investors, known for questioning entrepreneurs about sales, margins, ownership and growth plans.
The other early investors did not remain continuously associated with the main panel. Theo Paphitis and Duncan Bannatyne later left the regular lineup, while Richard Farleigh was part of the early panel but did not continue throughout the programme’s run.
Peter Jones is a technology and telecommunications entrepreneur as well as a television investor. His continued presence is often confused with being the longest-serving dragon in every international version, but this fact specifically concerns the original British investor lineup.