Duncan Bannatyne

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Scottish entrepreneur, philanthropist and author.

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Country: United Kingdom
Gender: Male
Education: Clydebank High School
Place of birth: Clydebank
Birth date: 02 February 1949
Nationality: British

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Founder of the "Bannatynes" Health Club chain. He has recently turned to acting as an additional "hobby".
Of his six children, five are girls and one is a boy.
He joined the Royal Navy as a stoker but was Court Marshalled after four years for attempting to throw his commanding officer off the side of an aircraft carrier for a 10 bet and he subsequently spent nine months in a navy jail.
He and Peter Jones are the only two Dragons to appear in all six series of Dragons Den.
He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2004 Queens Birthday Honours List for his services to Business and Charity in the North East of England.

It is impossible to think big without thinking complex.
Life is too fragile and valuable to be spent doing something you hate.
When I have a mission, it gives me something to focus on.
You have to make your own chances.
Sometimes in life, it has to be enough to be proud of yourself, even if no one else notices.
To be successful you must recognise your weaknesses and employ people with complementary skills.

Movies

TV

Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway
2007
This World
2007
Ann Maurice: Interior Rivalry
2006
Dragons' Den
2005
Budding entrepreneurs, inventors and small businessmen (and women) pitch their ideas to the five "dragons" - real-life business leaders and millionaires, with real cash to invest in the companies they feel will make it.
Mind Your Own Business
2005
Two self-made millionaires visit a different struggling small business each episode and turn it around with helpful advice and profit-making ideas..
The Hothouse
2003