Peter Jones

Peter Jones strikes me as the rare entrepreneur whose television fame never overshadows the actual business chops underneath. Born in Maidenhead in 1966, he built interests spanning mobile phones, media, retail and property, and earning a CBE confirms this is no reality-TV mirage. What I find genuinely compelling is his role as a backer of fledgling founders rather than just a brand. Plenty of rich people sit on panels and pontificate; far fewer keep writing cheques and mentoring the next generation. That recycling of his own success into other people's risk is, to me, the most admirable thing about him.

Name (English)

Peter Jones

Name (Japanese)

ピーター・ジョーンズ

Reading

ぴーたー・じょーんず

Born

March 18, 1966 (age 60)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Horse

Origin

Maidenhead, United Kingdom

Occupation

businessperson / entrepreneur / television presenter / inventor

University

Desborough College

Awards & achievements

• Commander of the Order of the British Empire

• Official sitehttps://www.peterjones.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/dragonjones
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Jones%20(entrepreneur)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7175035

Tags

• businessperson
• entrepreneur
• television presenter

Last updated

2026-06-18

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.