Steven Bartlett became the youngest-ever Dragon when he joined the BBC series in 2022.
Bartlett joined Dragon's Den for its twentieth series, broadcast in 2023, after being announced as a new investor in 2022. Born in 1992, he was 30 when he joined the panel, making him the youngest Dragon in the programme's history at that time.
He co-founded Social Chain, a social-media marketing company, and later became known for The Diary of a CEO podcast and related media work. His background gave the panel a newer technology, branding and digital-media perspective.
The dates can appear inconsistent because his appointment was announced in 2022 while his first series aired in 2023. Both dates refer to different stages of the same change: announcement and broadcast. The key fact is that Bartlett joined for series 20 and held the youngest-Dragon record.