Tej Lalvani joined Dragon's Den in 2017 after building Vitabiotics with his father.
Lalvani is a British businessman who became chief executive of Vitabiotics, the family-owned company founded by his father, Kartar Lalvani. Vitabiotics makes vitamin and supplement products and is known for brands including Pregnacare, Perfectil and Wellman.
He joined Dragon's Den for its fifteenth series, replacing Nick Jenkins on the panel. His background gave the programme an investor with experience in consumer healthcare, branding and international distribution. His father remained an important figure in the company's history, so Lalvani's role is best described as developing the family business rather than founding Vitabiotics alone.
The company name is sometimes confused with the individual product brands sold under it. Pregnacare is a Vitabiotics brand, not the name of the company itself. Likewise, Tej Lalvani should not be confused with Touker Suleyman, who joined the programme earlier, in 2015.