Touker Suleyman joined the UK series Dragon's Den in 2015, replacing departing investor Piers Linney.
Suleyman is a British-Turkish entrepreneur and investor known for businesses in fashion, retail and manufacturing. He became a Dragon in the programme's thirteenth series, which was broadcast in 2015.
His business career included ownership of the fashion brand Hawes & Curtis and involvement with Ghost, the British clothing label. Those interests shaped his on-screen focus on margins, production, retail distribution and brand positioning.
Piers Linney, who had been on the panel for earlier series, left before Suleyman joined. This makes the succession a useful way to distinguish Suleyman from later additions such as Steven Bartlett, who arrived in 2022.