Former Dragon From ‘Dragon’s Den’, Founder of Hamilton Bradshaw, Chairman of StartUp Loans, Bestselling Author of ‘ The Real Deal’ & Winner of the BT Enterprise of the Year Award

James Caan is one of the UK’s most successful and dynamic entrepreneurs. He made his fortune in the recruitment industry, which included the global success of his companies, Alexander Mann Group and Humana International. He has been building and selling businesses ever since. In 2004 he founded private equity firm Hamilton Bradshaw based in London’s Mayfair. The company specialises in buyouts, venture capital, real estate and now manages a portfolio of over 30 companies.

Dragons Den:
James is best known for joining the panel of the hit TV show Dragons’ Den. In the Den he invested in 14 companies and also committed over £1m of investment, over 4 series.

In 2011 James launched a property venture called HB Real Estate. It’s aim was to target investments in prime London residential and commercial real estate assets. This division raised a £100m fund and one of it’s first acquisitions was a residential asset in prime Knightsbridge. It had an estimated GDV in excess of £30m.

James Caan has received various prestigious awards including ‘BT Enterprise of the Year’, PricewaterhouseCoopers ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ and also Entrepreneur of the Year in the Asian Jewel Awards.

Additionally James supports a variety of government initiatives. These include The Entrepreneur’s Forum. Here James was selected to join a panel of high profile business people who met regularly to debate their views on enterprise policy.

In May 2012 he was appointed Chairman of StartUp Loans. This was a government initiative to support young people with funding to start up new businesses in the UK. Over £82 million of loans was then offered to 18-24 year olds over 3 years.
James is heavily involved with charity. He also set up The James Caan Foundation in 2011 to help underprivileged children get access to education.

Books:
James has also written a number of bestselling books, The Real Deal, his autobiography, Get the Job You Really Want, based on his 30 years of experience in the recruitment industry. Get the Job reached No. 1 in 3 categories on Amazon and was also the best-selling practical business book of 2011. Another book is Start Your Business in 7 Days, James uses his experience to help the new generation of entrepreneurs to work out if their business ideas are workable and bankable. Start Your Business reached No. 2 in the Amazon business chart within two weeks of launching.

James Caan is extremely passionate about supporting small businesses. He launched a free app, James Caan Business Secrets to help other entrepreneurs on their journey to success. The app was the fastest downloaded business app of 2011. It was also regularly ranked in the Top 100 apps ever in Apps Magazine.

James was approached by CNBC to host The Business Class. The Business Class was a seven-part series where James was joined by experts from a cross section of industries. They looked at the challenges and also the opportunities faced by 6 businesses. After that there was a discussion on the key issues facing today’s SMEs, the resources available to them and what is needed to become successful. Each 30 minute episode featured an innovative business which was seeking guidance to help it grow in today’s market place.

In 2015, James Caan was listed at number 16 in the list of 100 Most Influential British Entrepreneurs by UK-based Richtopia.

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