Who was the youngest Dragon in the original BBC television series Dragon's Den panel?

Steven Bartlett was the youngest Dragon in the original BBC television series Dragon's Den panel when he joined in 2022.

Bartlett entered the programme for series 20 at the age of 29. His appointment was notable because he was much younger than the established investors who had dominated the panel during the show's earlier years.

His business background was rooted in digital media. He co-founded Social Chain, a social-media marketing company, and later built a public profile through entrepreneurship, writing and The Diary of a CEO podcast. This experience gave the panel a more explicitly digital and social-media-focused perspective.

The wording can cause confusion because “youngest Dragon” may refer either to the original British programme or to an international version of the franchise. It can also change as new investors are appointed. Here it refers to the British BBC series and Bartlett's 2022 arrival, not to the age of the show's first panel.