Which Dragons' Den investor founded the online wine retailer Naked Wines?

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Rowan Gormley founded the online wine retailer Naked Wines.

Gormley established Naked Wines in the United Kingdom in 2008. The business developed a subscription-style model in which customers, known as Angels, provided money that helped independent winemakers produce wine. Customers could then buy the resulting wines through the service.

He later appeared as a Dragon on the UK version of Dragons' Den, bringing experience from direct-to-consumer retail and online business. His time on the panel was brief compared with some longer-serving Dragons, but the Naked Wines connection is central to his entrepreneurial biography.

Naked Wines is sometimes confused with Majestic Wine because the two businesses became connected through later corporate ownership. Gormley's founding role refers specifically to Naked Wines, not to the creation of Majestic Wine.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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