Touker Suleyman joined the British Dragons' Den panel in 2015 after building a career in business and investment.
Touker Suleyman is a British-Turkish entrepreneur and investor known for interests including fashion, retail and technology. He became a Dragon in the programme's thirteenth series, adding his experience in manufacturing, brands and retail operations to the panel.
Suleyman is particularly associated with business turnarounds and with companies that need help developing products, improving distribution or entering new markets. That background gives his on-screen questions a strong commercial focus. His role is not the same as that of Nick Jenkins, Piers Linney or James Caan, who were Dragons in other series or panel line-ups.
The 2015 date refers to his arrival on the British programme, not the beginning of his entire business career. Suleyman had already made and lost money in business before television made him widely familiar to the public. His appointment illustrates how the show periodically refreshed its panel with investors from different sectors.