Peter Jones is the only original British Dragons' Den Dragon to have remained on the panel continuously since 2005.
Jones was part of the original investor line-up when the BBC series began. The other original Dragons were Duncan Bannatyne, Rachel Elnaugh, Theo Paphitis and Doug Richard. Several of those investors later left and were replaced as the panel changed.
Jones is a British entrepreneur and investor whose business interests have included telecommunications, technology, media and leisure. His long-running presence made him one of the programme's defining figures.
The distinction is about continuous service on the British panel, not simply the number of appearances across all international versions. Dragons' Den has also used guest and replacement investors, so an original Dragon's absence from later series matters when comparing tenures.