Arlene Dickinson Biography
Arlene Dickinson is a businesswoman, investor, author, and television personality from South Africa. She is the general partner and CEO of District Ventures Capital.
How old is Arlene Dickinson? – Age
She is 66 years old as of 8 October 2022. He was born in 1956 in Germiston, South Africa.
Arlene Dickinson Family – Education
Dickinson finished high school in Calgary, Alberta. She has a total of seven grandchildren. Dickinson is a non-partisan political activist.
Is Arlene Dickinson married? – Husband
She married when she was 19 years old and had four children. She divorced at the age of 31.
How much is Arlene from Dragons Den worth? – Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $80 million.
Arlene Dickinson Dragons’ Den
Dickinson appeared on Dragons’ Den as a dragon investor beginning in 2007 for the second season. She also had her own spinoff, The Big Decision, which she starred in. Dickinson confirmed her departure from Dragons’ Den after the ninth season in 2015. In 2017, she returned for Season 12.
Arlene Dickinson Books
Dickinson’s autobiography, Persuasion, was published in 2011. Her second book, All In (subtitled “You, Your Business, Your Life”), was published in 2013. Dickinson’s third book, Reinvention: Changing Your Life, Career, and Future, was published in 2019.
Arlene Dickinson ADE – Arlene Dickinson Enterprises
Dickinson joined Venture Communications in 1988, eventually becoming sole owner in 1998. Dickinson Enterprises (ADE) was founded in October 2012 to fund and target Canadian companies.
Dickinson has served on numerous boards, including Ad Rodeo, Kids Help Phone, and the Calgary Municipal Lands Corporation. She is on the Stratford Institute’s advisory committee, the Leadership Council of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, and the editorial advisory board of Marketing Magazine. Dickinson was appointed to the board of directors of Aphria, a registered medicinal marijuana producer, in October 2016.
Arlene Dickinson Podcast
Dickinson and singer Jann Arden co-hosted The Business of Life, a lifestyle podcast on entrepreneurship, motherhood, writing, relationships, and handling life problems, in 2018. Dickinson appeared as a possible investor as a former version of herself in the episode “Invention Convention” of the Canadian TV series Murdoch Mysteries in 2012. In the 2014 season, she also served as a judge on Recipe for Success.
Dickinson hosted Under New Management, a television show in 2017 that walked ambitious new entrepreneurs through the process of buying a business.
Arlene Dickinsn Foundation – Awards
Dickinson served as the national spokesperson for Breakfast Clubs of Canada, raising awareness about the necessity of providing children with a nutritious start to the day. She became a proponent of the Give a Day campaign in 2013, in support of Dignitas International and the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
Dickinson has been inducted into the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada Hall of Fame. Dickinson was one of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards granted by Canadian Immigrant Magazine in 2014. Her company, Venture Communications, was named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies in 2001, a list sponsored by Deloitte, CIBC, National Post, Queen’s School of Business, and MacKay CEO Forums.
