Richard Farleigh
Richard Farleigh is best known as one of the dragons in the BBC’s hit show ‘Dragons’ Den’. Farleigh was born in Australia and studied economics and mathematics before managing a derivatives desk, a proprietary trading desk, and a hedge fund in the 1980s and early 90s.
In the mid-1990’s he semi-retired and has since operated as a “business angel” backing some very exciting early-stage companies, mostly in the United Kingdom. Many of the more than 50 unquoted companies have successfully floated on the market or have been acquired. Richard has made millions of dollars after investing his own capital in British technology companies. The rich 200 list estimated his personal wealth at around AUS$160,000,000 and he was ranked 876th on the Sunday Times Rich List with an estimated net worth of £66million.
Richard is notable for his approach whilst appearing in the Dragons Den series because he always offered constructive advice to contestants, in contrast to the negative comments offered by his fellow dragons.
