Dragons’ Den star Steven Bartlett was a millionaire by 23 and a TV regular by 28, but he claims his greatest achievement is his girlfriend.
The businessman is besotted by a French well-being influencer and businesswoman who has her own enormous social media following.
Here’s everything you need to know about Steven Bartlett, his career, and his relationship with his girlfriend.
Who is Steven Bartlett from Dragons’ Den and Diary of a CEO?
Steven Bartlett is a hugely successful businessman and Dragon on BBC One‘s Dragons’ Den.
He dropped out of university to start his first business, and by 23 he was a millionaire. He went on to create the Diary of a CEO podcast, which is one of the UK’s most popular podcasts.
Steven has also published 2021 Sunday Times bestseller ‘Happy Sexy Millionaire: Unexpected Truths about Fulfilment, Love and Success’.
By 28 years old, Steven Bartlett became Dragons’ Den’s youngest ever Dragon.
Where did Steven Bartlett grow up?
Steven was born in Botswana on August 26, 1992 to an English father and a Nigerian mother. The family moved to Plymouth, England, when Steven was 2 years old.
Steven attended Plymstock School, before studying Business Management at Manchester Metropolitan University. Famously, he dropped out of the university after just one lecture.
Speaking to the Guardian, Steven said he looked around a room full of his hungover classmates and realised “this wasn’t going to take me to where I needed to go”.
Instead, he pursued entrepreneurship, and the rest is history.
What was Steven Bartlett’s first business?
While he organised school trips and vending machines at school, Steven’s first ever real business was called Wallpark.
Wallpark was envisioned as a social media network for students in the same area to connect for mutual benefit. He describes it as a “Gumtree for students”.
While Wallpark didn’t make it big, it did offer a steep learning curve for Steven – and led him to connections that would prove fruitful building his future business empire.
How did Steven Bartlett make his money? What’s Steven Bartlett’s business?
While working on Wallpark, Steven connected with student content creator Dominic McGregor. He convinced Dominic to abandon his studies as well, and together the pair set up The Social Chain.
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