When I was writing my children’s book, Why Money Matters, I learned that you form your basic money habits, whether you’re a saver or a spender, by the age of seven. We didn’t have much money and I think I was quite lucky not to have a free supply of cash when I was very small, because I completely understood that we had to buy the stuff we needed and if there was any money left over, that maybe we could buy the stuff we wanted. My mum was a single mum until she met my stepfather, who I consider my father, when I was seven. ![]() How did your upbringing influence your attitude to money? She lives with her husband, Paul, in Somerset. ![]() ![]() Since 2006 she has become a fixture of BBC Two’s business programme Dragons’ Den, driving a hard bargain with entrepreneurs seeking investment.ĭeborah has just written her first children’s book, Little Experts: Why Money Matters. Businesswoman Deborah Meaden, 64, ran her parents’ multi-million pound family holiday business, Weststar Holidays, and then organised a management buyout of it before finally selling the business in 2007.
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