James Caan is to be the new Dragon, replacing Richard Farleigh in the Dragon’s Den. Caan who is the CEO of private equity firm Hamilton Bradshaw, has been building and selling businesses since 1985 in various sectors including publishing, HR, recruitment, software and franchising.
He made his name in the executive head hunting field with his company the Alexander Mann Group, which he headed from 1985 to 2002 and which became one of the UK’s leading recruitment companies. He sold the company in 2002, and then enrolled at Harvard University.
Caan’s business expertise is widely sought after by academic institutions; most recently he has addressed MBA students at London Business School as well as elite students at Oxford University’s Said Business School.
It’ll be interesting to see how this affects the group dynamic in the Dragon’s Den.
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