Dragon's Den star Peter Jones is reportedly breathing fire after close friend Holly Willoughby backtracked on their huge £11million deal to launch lifestyle brand Truly. Peter Jones: The millionaire who turned into a Dragon. He made and lost his first million in his twenties. Now he's one of the 500 richest people in Britain –.

Peter Jones, 53, is best-known to British TV fans for his role on, on which he is an original Dragon. Yet the businessman, who was born in Maidenhead on March 18, 1966, had his sights set on a career on the tennis court, rather than the boardroom, initially. He set up his own tennis academy aged 16, shortly followed by a cocktail bar in Windsor. Yet he is loved by legions of TV fans for his role as an investor on BBC Two show, Dragons' Den, which begins again tonight - just how has this added to his fortune?

He began working with Siemens Nixdorf Informationsysteme before starting his next firm, Phones International Group in April 1998.During the first seven years, the group turnover was £150million in excess.As well as his business interests, the dad of five, who lives in South Buckinghamshire, also has a strong presence in the media.He owns TV production company Peter Jones TV as well as starring on shows including American Investor and Peter Jones meets.He has also starred on the series, Tycoon.

OccupationEntrepreneur, television personalityKnown forNet worth485 million (2019)Height6 ft 7 in (201 cm)Spouse(s)Caroline (separated)Partner(s)Tara CappChildren5WebsitePeter David Jones, (born 18 March 1966) is a British entrepreneur, businessman and reality television personality with interests in mobile phones, television, media, leisure, retail and property. He is the last remaining original investor on the television show and on American television series.He was appointed (CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours. A profile in the estimated his wealth at GB£475 million. Contents.Early life Jones grew up in, and attended and, subsequently,.Career Businesses He set up a business in which he made under his own brand when he was only 16 years old. However, he lost £200,000 after deciding to sell it to IBM. In an interview with, Jones once said his computer business failed when he was in his twenties; he was forced to give up his three-bedroom home in and his cars, and had to move back in with his parents. He then joined.In his mid-twenties, he opened a cocktail bar in Windsor based on the film.After Siemens acquisition, he set up his next venture Phones International Group in April 1998.In the summer of 2005, Jones, together with, a fellow panellist on, bought company from another fellow panellist, under whose ownership it had collapsed.Jones founded other businesses between 2004 and 2008, including Wines4Business.com, an online retailer specialising in the sale of wine and champagne to corporate clients, and Celsius - a specialist recruitment business aiming mostly in biotechnologists.

On 1 July 2005, he founded The Peter Jones Foundation, a charity to support the advancement of education in young women, particularly through the teachings of enterprise and entrepreneurship.In 2009, Jones founded the (PJEA, formerly NEA) to teach entrepreneurial capabilities within the UK. PJEA has several campuses throughout the UK including Amersham, Sheffield, Manchester, and Oxford. In November 2013, it was reported that a new Peter Jones Enterprise Academy was to be opened in Leamington through Warwickshire College.

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