The star went on to other businesses such as a co*cktail bar, an online retailer specialising in the sale of wine and champagne, and a specialist recruitment business.
In 2009, he founded Peter Jones Enterprise Academy to teach entrepreneurial capabilities within the UK.
He co-founded social media marketing company Social Chain in 2014 and has risen to fame for his podcast The Diary Of A CEO.
Deborah Meaden - £50million
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Deborah Meaden comes in at fourth place with a huge net worth of £50million.
She earned this through many businesses including Weststar Holidays.
In 2011 she launched The Merchant Fox which is an online store selling British-made luxury goods.
Sara Davies - £37million
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Sara Davies comes in last out of all the main dragons but still boasts a huge net worth of £37million.
She is the founder and owner of Crafter's Companion, a crafters supply company she started in 2005.
Sara was born in Coundon, County Durham, and graduated with a first class Business degree from the University of York in 2006.
What is the most successful investment on Dragons' Den?
One of the most successful investments on the show is Reggae singer and chef Levi Roots' Reggae Reggae Sauce.
In 2007 Levi managed to secure the support of both Peter Jones and Richard Farleigh, who together invested £50,000 for 40% stake in his business.
The product is now stocked in UK supermarkets.
Another successful product is the Chocbox which was created by Peter Moule.
The Chocbox is an aplastic cable device that allows you to store electrical wires safely.
The product was pitched back in 2007 when dragons Duncan Bannatyne and James Caan invested £150,000 with a 36% stake.
Three months after the pitch the product made its first million and has since made over £25 million in global sales and ships to 152 different countries.
The ChocBox can be brought from well-known stores Screwfix, toolstation, Wickes, and other retailers.
The Magic Whiteboard has become hugely popular with an original investment of £100,000 from Deborah Meaden and Theo Paphitis.
Husband and wife Neil and Laura Westwood invented the design and have since bought back their shares from Meaden and Paphitis have given them a return of £800,000 from the original £100,000.
The Magic Whiteboard is now stocked in all of the Ryman stores, Sainsbury's, Viking Direct, and various other online retailers.
Peter Jones stands out among the rest of the Dragons, both literally and metaphorically. He's the only Dragon still standing from the very first series 19 years ago, and he's also the richest. According to the Sunday Times Rich List in 2023, he reportedly has a net worth of £1.2billion.
The only Dragon still standing from the very first series 19 years ago, the business mogul is also the richest and reportedly has a net worth of £1.2billion, according to the Sunday Times Rich List in 2023. He started as a youngster by setting up his tennis coaching school.
Peter David Jones CBE (born 18 March 1966) is a British entrepreneur, businessman, investor and reality television personality, with interests in mobile phones, television, media, leisure, retail, and property.
He's by far the biggest star to have come out of Dragons' Den after seeking investment for his Reggae Reggae Sauce in 2006 - which came complete with a catchy theme tune.
Deborah's net worth is estimated to be roughly £40 million. She ran a multimillion-pound family holiday business, before completing a management buyout. Since joining the panel of Dragons' Den, the magnetic Meaden has invested more than £2 million in 33 ventures - according to her website.
In politics, she endorsed the Liberal Democrats in 2019. In August 2022, Meaden revealed that she had been diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer, in 2015, after her makeup artist noticed a suspicious small spot on her face around six weeks prior to her diagnosis.
Here was me thinking they'd spend all day listening to pitches from entrepreneurs all for their own image and the chance at making money from the companies afterwards. But no, that's definitely not the case! The Dragons are actually paid a fair whack for their time in the Den, to add to their already huge net worths.
'During filming, you get breaks and while I was up talking to Peter Jones his money was on the table, so I picked some up,' he explained. 'The top one was real but the rest of it was just like a good forgery. But for the purposes of the camera it's real enough.
Well, let's say the pitch didn't go very well, and Pulfrey heard the sentence "I'm out" repeated 5 times to him. In the ten months following the rejection, the Tangle tee*zer turned over £800,000, and a profit of £200,000.
Mr Russell is one of just a handful of people who have appeared on the programme more than once. However, it is understood nobody has ever turned the potential investors down on both occasions. The 35-year-old entrepreneur said he was disappointed at how low their offers were.
After appearing on the show, the group behind GoCompare.com bought the energy switching site. Mr Hodson and Mr De Zoete said the £8.5million sale meant the Dragons had more than doubled their money in less than 12 months and could triple their money.
He's followed by Lori Greiner, who built her $150 million net worth by being a prolific inventor with more than 1,000 products launched. Real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran sits at the end of the list with a net worth of $100 million.
Peter Jones stands out among the rest of the Dragons, both literally and metaphorically. He's the only Dragon still standing from the very first series 19 years ago, and he's also the richest. According to the Sunday Times Rich List in 2023, he reportedly has a net worth of £1.2billion.
He is the owner of stationery chain Ryman, the homewares specialist Robert Dyas and lingerie retailer Boux Avenue. According to The Sunday Times Rich List in 2020, Paphitis is worth £290 million. In May 2018, Solent University in Southampton named Paphitis as their new Chancellor.
Taking first place with an overwhelming portfolio of 41 investments, Peter Jones has invested £2,080,666.67 over the course of 18 seasons, averaging just over £115,500 per deal. The Dragon that has invested the second highest amount of money is Deborah Meaden, who has invested a total of £1,799,000.00.
The title of richest Dragon goes to Peter Jones, 56, who has been on the show since it began in 2005. He runs the investment group PJI and is worth a staggering £1.157 billion. Then it's fashionista Touker Suleyman, 69, with a net worth of £200 million.
The Nine Voyages across the seas of the Known World made Lord Corlys the richest man in the realm. He brought home gold, silk, and spices, and he ordered the construction of a fortification named High Tide to replace the crowded seat, Driftmark.
A best-selling author, Steven released his first book, Happy Sexy Millionaire, in 2021. His second, The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life, dropped last year. According to Forbes magazine, Steven's net worth was £71 million in 2019 when he was 26 years old. His up-to-date fortune is not known.
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