How Old Is Deborah Meaden: The Real Age Of The Female Dragon
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Deborah Meaden first appeared on BBC’s Dragons Den in 2006. Since then, she’s become synonymous with the show, gaining fans for her straight-talking business style and smart business decisions.
However, Deborah Meaden was a businessperson long before she joined the BBC show. She has been an entrepreneur since leaving college and has held jobs including managing Butlins, exporting textiles, and events management.
So how old is Deborah Meaden?
How Old Is Deborah Meaden?
Deborah Meaden was born on the 11th February 1959, making her 62 years old.
Recently, fans were shocked to see footage from her first appearance on Dragons Den 15 years ago.
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A young Deborah Meaden was seen on an old episode of Dragons Den sporting her classic blonde bob, and looking substantially younger.
Over the course of her 15 years on the show, Deborah has made over £4 million worth of investments in 63 businesses.
Some of her investments have included Dock and Bay, a beach and travel towel, Boot Buddy, a footwear cleaning product, and Yee Kwan Ice Cream, an East-Asian inspired ice cream brand.
Her Career
So now we know how old Deborah Meaden is, what kind of business has she been doing for 62 years?
Aged just 19, Deborah moved to Italy and started her first business, a glass and ceramics import company. She later sold to major retailers including Harvey Nicholls, but sadly the company didn’t last – it went out of business in less than two years.
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Thankfully, her family had a business that she could join. Weststar Holidays was a holiday park operator in Essex, which Deborah joined in 1992.
In just a few years, Deborah rose to Managing Director of the company and orchestrated an impressive management buyout.
In 2007, she sold her stake in Weststar for £19 million. Two years later, she jumped back into the business game by acquiring Fox Brothers, a textile mill and clothes producer.
Despite her continuing responsibilities on Dragons Den and her many business ventures, Deborah has also found time to have fun, too.
In 2013, she was a contestant on the seventh series of Strictly Come Dancing. She and her partner Robin Windsor made it to week five of the show before being voted off.
Who Is Deborah Meaden’s Husband?
Deborah Meaden met her future husband Paul Farmer at a Weststar holiday park in 1985. He was working at the park during a break from university.
They married in 1993 and now live in an elaborate farmhouse in Somerset. Their country estate is comprised of a Grade II listed building plus farm buildings and land.
The home was once owned by 18th-century Prime Minister William Pitt the Elder.
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Deborah Meaden has previously revealed that they once split because Deborah didn’t want children. However, after a short time apart, they were back together again.
Instead of children, Deborah and Paul are the proud parents of rescue animals. In total, the couple lives with two cats, three dogs, six horses, three pigs, five sheep, ten chickens, six ducks and three geese.
Her Painful Accident
In June this year, Deborah was involved in a terrible horse-riding accident.
She posted a picture on Twitter of herself in hospital with her wrist in a cast, saying: “Went in fractured wrist. several x rays,manipulation under painkillers with reassuring voice in my ear and I leave with plastercast and wrist on the mend.”
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The 62-year-old has also been struggling with injuries gained during her time on Strictly Come Dancing.
Five years after appearing in the dancing competition, Deborah still needs regular steroid injections for pain.
She explained: “I still have permanent pain in the balls of my feet, which is a constant reminder that I did the show. It started after I spent ten hours a day waltzing and I put too much pressure on them.”
