Peter Jones was the only original Dragon to remain on the British show Dragon’s Den continuously from its first series.
Jones joined the programme when it began in 2005 and became its longest-serving original investor. The first panel also included Duncan Bannatyne, Theo Paphitis and Rachel Elnaugh, but each of those original Dragons later left the regular line-up.
Peter Jones is a British entrepreneur and investor whose business interests have included technology, media, property and retail. His long association with the programme made him a central figure in the show’s visual identity and institutional memory.
The wording “original Dragon” is important. Several investors joined later and served for many years, but they were not part of the first panel. Jones’s continuing presence distinguishes him from later arrivals such as Tej Lalvani, Sara Davies and Steven Bartlett.