Steven Bartlett became the youngest permanent Dragon when he joined the British panel in 2022.
Bartlett joined Dragon's Den for its twentieth series, which aired in 2023 after the programme announced his appointment in 2022. Born in 1992, he was 30 when he joined the panel, making him the youngest permanent dragon in the British version at that point.
He is known for co-founding Social Chain, a social-media marketing agency, and for creating The Diary of a CEO podcast. Those activities gave him a background in digital media, online communities, and modern brand-building, areas that distinguish his profile from dragons associated mainly with retail, manufacturing, or property.
The word “permanent” separates Bartlett from temporary guest investors and from the ages of earlier dragons when they first appeared. Tej Lalvani and Touker Suleyman were later additions too, but neither joined the regular panel at Bartlett's record age.