Patrick Van Der Vorst (born 2 May 1971 in Bruges), is a Belgian-British priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster and former entrepreneur, dealer, art expert and winner on BBC's Dragons Den.
[1][2][3] Van der Vorst is the grandson of Gaston Depré, founder of the animal nutrition company Group Depre.
In 2010 van der Vorst appeared on Dragons' Den and secured a £100,000 ($170,000) investment from Deborah Meaden and Theo Paphitis.
After additional ValueMyStuff product launches, Van der Vorst sold the company in October 2018 to the Swedish owned Barneby’s group, the leading search engine for art & antiques.
[9] Van der Vorst launched http://www.christian.art a website that sends out daily emails, listing the Gospel text for the day, alongside a work of art relevant to that reading.
In September 2019, Van der Vorst started seminary for the Diocese of Westminster at the Pontifical Beda College in Rome, training for the Catholic priesthood.