James Caan joined the UK television series Dragon's Den in 2007 after building businesses in recruitment.
Caan is a British-Pakistani entrepreneur and investor whose career included executive-recruitment companies. His experience in recruitment and private investment gave him a perspective different from Dragons primarily known for retail, property or leisure.
He joined the BBC panel during the programme's early development, after the original group of investors had established the British format. On the show, he assessed proposals by examining the people behind the businesses as well as their products, sales and financial claims.
James Caan is not the same person as James Caan, the American actor known for films such as The Godfather. The entrepreneur and the actor share a name but have entirely different careers and biographies, a useful distinction when searching for this fact.