Peter Jones was the only original Dragons' Den panellist to remain through every series up to 2024.
Jones joined the British programme at its launch in 2005, when the original panel also included Duncan Bannatyne, Rachel Elnaugh, Doug Richard and Simon Woodroffe. As the panel changed over the years, Jones continued to appear as an investor and became one of the show's most recognisable figures.
His business interests include technology, media, retail and property, and his on-screen questions often focus on valuation, margins and how a company can scale. His continuing presence provides a link between the first BBC series and later line-ups featuring newer investors.
This fact is about continuity across the series, rather than the number of deals Jones has made or the value of his investments. Other long-serving dragons joined at different times, so they were not members of the original launch panel.