Rachel Elnaugh was one of the five original Dragons when the British series began in 2005.
The launch panel consisted of Rachel Elnaugh, Peter Jones, Duncan Bannatyne, Simon Woodroffe, and Doug Richard. Together, they established the programme's early investor format and became the first group of businesspeople to question entrepreneurs on British television under the Dragon branding.
Elnaugh was known for her career in business and for her role as an investor on the show's initial series. Her presence is sometimes overlooked because later panels featured several highly recognisable Dragons and because the lineup changed repeatedly over the programme's long run.
The question asks for an original investor rather than a Dragon who joined in a later series. Sara Davies, Kelly Hoppen, and Nick Jenkins all became panel members in subsequent years, so they belong to later eras of the programme.