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	'''Deborah Sonia Meaden''' [[Royal Society of Arts\|FRSA]] (born 11 February 1959) is a British [[businesswoman]], [[investor]], [[television personality]], and [[environmentalist]] who built her fortune through the family holiday park industry before becoming one of the most recognized business figures in the United Kingdom through her long-running role as an investor on the [[BBC]] business programme ''[[Dragons' Den]]''. With an estimated net worth of £40–50 million as of 2024, Meaden holds the record for the highest number of successful investment deals on ''Dragons' Den'', having invested in over 84 businesses through the programme since joining in 2006.		'''Deborah Sonia Meaden''' [[Royal Society of Arts\|FRSA]] (born 11 February 1959) is a British [[businesswoman]], [[investor]], [[television personality]], and [[environmentalist]] who built her fortune through the family holiday park industry before becoming one of the most recognized business figures in the United Kingdom through her long-running role as an investor on the [[BBC]] business programme ''[[Dragons' Den]]''. With an estimated net worth of £40–50 million as of 2024, Meaden holds the record for the highest number of successful investment deals on ''Dragons' Den'', having invested in over 84 businesses through the programme since joining in 2006.<ref name="wealth">{{cite web \|url=https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/ \|title=Real Time Billionaires \|publisher=Forbes \|access-date=December 2025}}</ref>

	Meaden's business career began after she left school at sixteen to study business at [[Brighton Technical College]], subsequently launching her first venture—a glass and ceramics export agency in Italy—at the age of nineteen. After this initial venture failed, she went on to operate a [[Stefanel]] textile franchise, a [[prize bingo]] operation at [[Butlin's]] [[Minehead]], and amusement arcade businesses before joining the family holiday business in 1988. In 1992, she took a leading role at Weststar Holidays, a family holiday park operator based in [[Exeter]], [[Devon]], and in 1999 led a [[management buyout]] to acquire majority shareholding. By the time of the company's sale in 2005 and 2007 in two transactions totaling approximately £116 million, Weststar was providing holidays for more than 150,000 people annually with [[EBITDA]] exceeding £11 million.		Meaden's business career began after she left school at sixteen to study business at [[Brighton Technical College]], subsequently launching her first venture—a glass and ceramics export agency in Italy—at the age of nineteen. After this initial venture failed, she went on to operate a [[Stefanel]] textile franchise, a [[prize bingo]] operation at [[Butlin's]] [[Minehead]], and amusement arcade businesses before joining the family holiday business in 1988. In 1992, she took a leading role at Weststar Holidays, a family holiday park operator based in [[Exeter]], [[Devon]], and in 1999 led a [[management buyout]] to acquire majority shareholding. By the time of the company's sale in 2005 and 2007 in two transactions totaling approximately £116 million, Weststar was providing holidays for more than 150,000 people annually with [[EBITDA]] exceeding £11 million.

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