Who presented Dragon's Den from its launch until 2013?

Evan Davis presented the British television programme Dragon's Den from its launch until 2013.

Davis is a British journalist, broadcaster and economist who became familiar to television audiences through news and current-affairs work. His role on Dragon's Den was to introduce the entrepreneurs, explain the business proposals and guide viewers through the investors' questioning, rather than to act as one of the Dragons.

He presented the programme during its early years, when the format became established in Britain and its investor panel gained wide public recognition. Davis later became a presenter of BBC Radio 4's Today programme and other BBC news programming, giving his career a broader broadcasting profile than business television alone.

A common mix-up is to identify a Dragon as the programme's presenter. The Dragons are the investors who assess pitches; Davis was the host who connected the filmed pitches and explained the process to the audience.