Duncan Bannatyne left Dragons' Den in 2014 after appearing as a Dragon from the programme’s early years.
Bannatyne is a Scottish entrepreneur whose business interests included health clubs, care homes and hotels. His direct, sometimes confrontational style made him one of the most recognisable investors in the show’s early and middle periods.
He joined the original British run and remained associated with the panel for many series before departing. His exit marked another change in a programme whose investor line-up has evolved repeatedly as different business figures have joined and left.
The date refers to his departure from the television panel, not the end of his wider business career. Peter Jones continued as a long-serving Dragon, while other investors such as Theo Paphitis had already left the programme before Bannatyne’s departure.