Hilary Devey

TV Show Host

Birthday March 10, 1957

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Bolton, England

DEATH DATE Jun 11, 2022 (65)

#208,397 Most Popular

About

She made a fortune with her own freight network Pall-Ex and joined as one of the investors on BBC Two's Dragons' Den. She followed that up by presenting the shot The Intern on Channel 4. She died at the age of 65 after fighting an illness. 

Before Fame

Her Pall-Ex business, which involved transporting palletized goods, managed to bring in annual revenues near £75 million.

Trivia

Outside of the Dragon's Den, she appeared on Channel 4's Secret Millionaire and presented BBC Two's mini-series Hilary Devey's Women at the Top. In 2014, the University of Wolverhampton awarded her the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Business Administration

Family Life

She grew up in Bolton, Lancashire. She became inspired by watching her father's central heating company go bankrupt.

Associated With

Arlene Dickinson was another millionaire investor of Dragon's Den.