Peter David Jones is an entrepreneur and business from England. He has interest in many different industries such as mobile phones, media, recreation, television, retail, and property. He was the only one left as an investor at the BBC Two Television Show Dragon’s Den and on American inventors, which is an American partner for the show.
He was named the commander of the United Kingdom Order in Honors in 2009.
Early life
Peter David Jones was born on March 18, in 1966. He grew up in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. His parents worked hard and full time for 50 years to provide for the whole family. As far as education, he went to Desborough school and after that to the Boys Windsor school.
Career
He experienced a lot of wins and lost in business. When he was only 16 years old, he started a business where he made a personal computer. In the midst of his twenties, he decided to open a cocktail bar in Windsor inspired by the film Tom Cruise “Cocktail”. But it didn’t change when he thought it would, he had to sell it and lose a lot of money and even ended up moving back with his parents.
After that, he joined Siemens Nixdorf and after the acquisition, he started the next business called Mobile International Group in April 1998.
Between 2004 and 2008 Peter Jones continued to start several businesses such as Wines4business.com, which is an online retailer who only works on the sale of Champagne and wine to corporate clients and another called Celsius, which is mostly intended for it in biotechnology.
In 2009 he decided to find the Peter Jones Enterprise academy which was intended to teach entrepreneurship skills to the British population. Peter Jones Enterprise Academy was built on several places throughout England such as Manchester, Sheffield, Amersham, Southend and Oxford. In 2013 others opened in Leamington with the help of Warwickshire College. Academy students are there to learn how to improve the company or major skills that will help them become successful entrepreneurs. The Academy is to offer companies and Entrepreneurship BTEC Level 3 on Leamington and Rugby campuses.
He also has many television shows that somehow or he somehow is part of him. The television program has a part in Dragon’s Den, American Inventor and Tycoon. He was the remaining original dragon in the last Den Dragon BBC who started back in 2005. American inventors are actually the idea and he sells it to ABC and has a lot of success with the American audience, it ends with A 7.8 ratings average and 13 shares that make it Become a number one show in the US.
The net worth of Peter Jones
The net worth is considered more than £ 500 million today. He made all the money with his own entrepreneurial and business ideas. He also produced a lot of money with his appearance on TV, mostly from Den Dragon.
