Dragons' Den star Steven Bartlett engaged
Dragons' Den star Steven Bartlett is engaged after a whirlwind romance.
Steven Bartlett is engaged.
The Dragons' Den star popped the question to his long-term girlfriend, yoga entrepreneur Melanie Lopes, both 33, on Christmas Day (25.12.25) during a romantic getaway to Morocco, and presented her with a diamond engagement ring.
A source told MailOnline: "Steven and Melanie have been together for a long time, but their relationship really went up a notch after they started living together in both London and Los Angeles a couple of years ago.
"The proposal happened on Christmas Day while they were on holiday together in Morocco.
"Steven asked Melanie to marry him and presented her with a beautiful diamond engagement ring. She was thrilled to say, 'Yes.'
"They really are each other's soulmates and couldn't be happier."
And a spokesman for the couple told the publication: "We can confirm Steven and Melanie are engaged to be married. They are, naturally, both very, very happy."
Multimillionaire Steven - who runs social media marketing agency, The Social Chain, which was valued at £300million when it first entered the stock market - first met Melanie on Instagram in 2016.
They dated for a year before they split as he focused on his business.
Speaking about the challenge of juggling a relationship and his business, Steven - whose firm Steven.com, which houses his media ventures, was reportedly valued at £320 million in October 2025 - said during one of his live podcast shows in 2022: "The way it is with me, between the hours of say seven in the morning and nine o' clock at night, I am in the zone, I've got total tunnel vision.
"I honestly do not realise that there's anyone else outside of my business and rooms I sit in that exists in terms of my personal and private life.
"So if my family or girlfriend text me, or message me during the day, the chances of me engaging in that meaningfully in that period is virtually impossible.
"In the evenings, I'm often consumed with the day, and I find it hard to switch off and engage with other relationships, and that also costs those relationships."
However, The Diary of a CEO podcast host then flew out to Bali - where Melanie runs a breathwork and yoga retreat - in a bid to rekindle their romance, and the couple have been together ever since.
