FORMER Dragon’s Den star and successful businesswoman Hilary Devey has passed away in Morocco at the age of 65.
The ex-Dragon’s Den judge, entrepreneur, and TV personality died on Saturday, June 11, 2022, after battling a long illness.
Who was Hilary Devey?
Hilary was an English businesswoman, TV presenter and entrepreneur.
Born in Bolton, Lancashire on March 10, 1957, she had an early start in the business haulage world and went on to make her first million pounds within three years.
Later in her career she starred in popular business themed TV shows The Secret Millionaire, Dragons Den and The Intern as well as being on the Loose Women panel.
She made her fortune after launching freight network Pall-Ex back min 1996.
1
Haulage boss Hilary received a CBE in 2013 for services to the transport industry and to charities.
What was Hilary Devey’s cause of death?
On Sunday, June 12, 2022 her spokesperson told The Sun: “I can confirm that Hilary sadly died yesterday.
“She had been ill for some time.”
The cause of her death is unknown at this time.
MORE DRAGON’S DEN NEWS
What was Hilary Devey’s net worth?
According to Celebrity Net Worth the former Loose Woman and Dragon was worth an estimated $80 million.
Who were Hilary Devey’s ex-husbands?
Hilary, who was married and divorced three times, opened up about her complex relationships in a BBC Radio 4 story on October 28, 2012.
She revealed that years into her mother’s relationship with Hilary’s father, she found out that he was already married with four children.
Coincidentally, history repeated itself in that Hilary then went on to discover herself discovered that her ex-partner already had a wife and five children.
In 2013 Hilary divorced her third husband Philip Childs after less than two years as a married couple.
She was previously married to Malcolm Sharples from 1976- 1978 and to Ed Devey.
Did Hilary Devey have children?
Hilary leaves behind one child, son Mevlit Brewster-Ahmet.
His father was Hilary’s long term partner Turkish businessman Hussein, who could not marry her because he was already married to someone else.
