Touker Suleyman joined the British Dragon's Den panel in 2015 and was the show's youngest investor at the time.
Suleyman is a businessman known especially for fashion, retail and property interests. His appointment added another commercially experienced investor to the panel and gave the programme a Dragon whose background included manufacturing, brands and consumer retail.
The age comparison refers to the panel at the time he joined, not to every investor who has ever appeared in the franchise worldwide. Dragon's Den has changed its line-up repeatedly, so descriptions such as “youngest” must be tied to the relevant appointment date.
Suleyman's investment questions often examined whether a founder had a credible route from a small product or service to a scalable company. That made his retail and brand-building experience relevant to many of the pitches shown during his tenure.