Deborah Meaden became a Dragon on the British programme Dragons' Den in its third series.
Meaden is an English businesswoman and television personality. She joined the BBC programme after its first two series and became one of its most recognisable investors. Her business career included work in leisure and holiday businesses, followed by investments in a broad range of companies.
On the programme, Meaden is known for direct questioning about sales, margins, valuation and ownership. These are central issues in the pitch process because an entrepreneur is not merely asking for a loan: the requested money normally buys a percentage of the business.
The series number matters because many later investors are also popularly called Dragons. Kelly Hoppen, Jenny Campbell and Sara Davies joined at different points, but Deborah Meaden is the investor associated with the third series.