Touker Suleyman joined BBC's Dragons' Den in series 13 after becoming known for buying and revitalising struggling brands.
Suleyman first appeared as a Dragon in 2015, when the programme’s thirteenth series was broadcast. He is a British-Cypriot entrepreneur whose career has been strongly connected with fashion, retail and manufacturing.
He is particularly associated with Hawes & Curtis and Ghost, brands he helped develop after acquiring them. That background gives him a profile distinct from Dragons whose reputations were built mainly in telecommunications, food or investment banking.
Series numbers are easy to mix up because the programme has changed its panel repeatedly. Suleyman arrived after earlier investors such as James Caan and Theo Paphitis had left, and before later additions including Sara Davies and Steven Bartlett.