Steven Bartlett joined Dragons' Den as an investor in series 19, becoming the show's youngest Dragon.
Bartlett is a British entrepreneur, author and podcast host who co-founded the social-media marketing agency Social Chain. His technology and digital-media background brought a different perspective to a panel historically dominated by investors from retail, manufacturing, property and traditional business.
He joined the BBC programme in 2022 for its nineteenth series. At the time, his appointment was widely reported as a generational change because he was younger than the other Dragons who had held the role.
The series number matters because Bartlett's arrival is sometimes dated only to the year of broadcast. Series 19 is the specific Dragons' Den series in which he first appeared as an investor.