Touker Suleyman joined the UK programme Dragons' Den in series 13 after building the Hawes & Curtis shirt business.
Suleyman is a British-Turkish entrepreneur and investor whose career has centred on fashion, retail and manufacturing. He is associated with Hawes & Curtis, a British shirt and clothing brand, and with other retail businesses including Ghost.
His arrival in series 13 placed him among the programme's later-generation Dragons rather than its original investors. That distinction matters because the panel changed repeatedly as the show developed, with different specialists entering for different periods.
Suleyman's retail background often leads viewers to compare him with Theo Paphitis, another Dragon strongly associated with consumer businesses. They are separate investors, however, and Suleyman's series-13 debut is the relevant chronology.