Which Dragon's Den investor founded the hotel chain easyHotel?

Stelios Haji-Ioannou founded the hotel chain easyHotel.

Stelios Haji-Ioannou created easyHotel as part of the wider easy brand, which became widely associated with low-cost travel and straightforward, price-focused services. The hotel concept followed the low-cost model by offering simpler rooms and charging separately for some additional services.

Haji-Ioannou appeared as a guest investor on the UK version of Dragon's Den rather than being one of the programme’s permanent original dragons. That distinction matters because the programme has featured both regular panel members and occasional guest dragons.

The easyHotel connection can also be confused with easyJet, the airline with which Haji-Ioannou is famously associated. Both belong to the easy-branded business family, but the question asks specifically about the hotel chain, whose name is easyHotel.