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Duncan Walker Bannatyne, OBE (born 2 February 1949) [1] is a Scottish entrepreneur, philanthropist, and author. His business interests include hotels, health clubs, spas, media, TV, and property. He is most famous for his appearance as a business angel on the BBC programme Dragons' Den. He was appointed an OBE for his contribution to charity ...
As of December 2023, Bannatyne has 69 health clubs, 45 spas and three hotels across the UK. [6] On 9 August 2006, Bannatyne Fitness Ltd acquired the LivingWell Premier Health club chain from the Hilton Hotel UK Group. [7] The company also bought Clarice House and Xpect Leisure in 2015, growing its membership by 14% over the year to 186,456. [2]
Duncan Bannatyne – entrepreneur, panel member of BBC Two's Dragons' Den and owner of Bannatyne Health and Fitness clubs; Jacqueline Gold – Managing Director of Ann Summers and daughter of David Gold, the co-chairman of West Ham United F.C. Simon Jordan – mobile phone entrepreneur and the then owner of Crystal Palace F.C.
Lee Rigby's son Jack was left shocked and speechless following a generous fundraising generation from Duncan Bannatyne. The teenager originally came up with the challenge of walking a marathon to ...
Duncan Bannatyne: 66 Entrepreneur 7th – Eliminated Lady Colin Campbell: 66 Socialite & author 8th – Withdrew Chris Eubank: 49 Boxer 9th – Eliminated Yvette Fielding: 47 TV presenter 10th – Eliminated Brian Friedman: 38 Choreographer 11th – Eliminated Susannah Constantine: 53 TV presenter 12th – Eliminated Spencer Matthews: 26 ...
Dragons' Den is a British reality television business programme, presented by Evan Davis and based upon the original Japanese series.The show allows several entrepreneurs an opportunity to present their varying business ideas to a panel of five wealthy investors, the "Dragons" of the show's title, and pitch for financial investment while offering a stake of the company in return.
Jones is the sole remaining original Dragon on the BBC's Dragons' Den, which started in January 2005 and has continued with a new series approximately yearly.Jones had regular conflicts in the Den with former Dragon Duncan Bannatyne, who appeared on the show from 2005 to 2014.
No Smoking Day's most recent President was entrepreneur, TV personality, and anti-tobacco campaigner Duncan Bannatyne OBE. Bannatyne is an ex-smoker who publicly took on British American Tobacco at its AGM in April 2008. [4]