Hilary Lorraine Devey CBE was an English television personality and entrepreneur.
Devey began palletised freight distribution business Pall-Ex, in 1996 with £112,000 from the sale of her house and car in the 1990s.
She was awarded the Vitalise Woman of the Year Award in 2008, and an Honorary Doctorate of Law by the University of Leicester in 2010 for her industry services.
She joined Dragon’s Den in February 2011 following James Caan’s departure from the show. But left to present the Channel 4 series The Intern.
In 2013, she was made a CBE, honoured for her business career and her charitable work.
Hillary had an estimated net worth of over £80million.
Hilary Devey died on June 11, 2022, in Morocco following a long illness.
Hilary Devey Children: Who Is Hilary Devey’s Son Mevlit Brewster-Ahmet?
Mevlit Brewster-Ahmet is the only son of Hilary Lorraine Devey.
His father was Hilary’s long-term partner, Hussein, a Turkish businessman.
Mevlit parents could not married because his father Hussein was already married to another woman with five children.
At age 17, when Mevlit was in boarding school, Hilary discovered his drug habit.
Following the revelation, she checked him into a £7,500-a-week rehab clinic but it was two years before he finally came off heroin with the help of a special drug blocker implanted in his stomach.
Mevlit was reportedly diagnosed with the obsessive compulsive disorder and bipolar disorder.
Aside from these facts, details about Mevlit are under wraps.
Mevlit Brewster-Ahmet is currently 35 years old.