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British businesswoman (born 1959)

Deborah Sonia MeadenFRSA (born 11 February 1959)^[1][2] is a British businessperson and TV personality who ran a multimillion-pound family holiday business, before completing a management buyout.

She is best known for her appearances as a 'Dragon' on the BBC business programme Dragons' Den.^[3]

Early life

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Meaden was born Deborah Sonia Charles in Taunton, Somerset.^[2] Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother moved Deborah and her older sister Gail to Brightlingsea in Essex.

When Meaden was 7 years old, her mother married Brian Meaden who became "a true father" to Meaden.^[4] Meaden went to the Godolphin School, Salisbury, for a brief period and then to Trowbridge High School for Girls (now The John of Gaunt School) which she left at the age of 16.^[4]

Career

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On leaving school, Meaden studied business at Brighton Technical College, after which she worked as a sales-room model in a fashion house.^[5] After graduation, she moved t

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