Dragons’ Den star Steven Bartlett has signed with Meghan Markle’s agent and moved to Los Angeles with his sights set on ‘cracking Hollywood’. 

The host of the Diary Of A CEO podcast, 32, has teamed up with William Morris Endeavor (WME), who also represents the likes of Adele, Kate Hudson, Ben Affleck, Jude Law and Drake.

His signing will give him access to more US connections and a plethora of bigger American names for his podcast. 

He told the Mirror: ‘I could never have imagined podcasting would become what it has and I still find it surreal that there’s actually real people listening to the conversations we share.

‘This whole crazy journey has been the most rewarding rollercoaster of my life.

‘I will now be predominantly recording The Diary Of A CEO from LA and New York, whilst living more of the time in LA, and I’m excited to see what new opportunities emerge Stateside,’ he added.   

Dragons’ Den star Steven Bartlett has signed with Meghan Markle’s agent as he moved to Los Angeles and has sight set on ‘cracking Hollywood’ (Steven pictured on Dragon’s Den)

The host of Diary Of A CEO podcast, 32, is believed to have signed with William Morris Endeavor (WME) who also represents the likes of Adele, Kate Hudson, Ben Affleck, Jude Law and Drake  (Steven pictured on Dragon’s Den)

Diary Of A CEO is the world’s second-biggest host-led podcast across all platforms. 

A source close to Stephen also told the publication: ‘He could have signed with several different agencies, they all wanted him and think they can make him a huge star over there, off the back of success he has had with the podcast.’

Announcing the news to their Instagram, WME penned: ‘Steven Bartlett, host of the Diary Of A CEO podcast, has signed with WME. 

‘The entrepreneur, and Sunday Times best-selling author and host will be focussed on expanding Diary Of A CEO and his personal brand in America.’

Bartlett’s podcast is one of the biggest in the world, recently reaching 1 billion streams across Apple, Spotify, and YouTube, according to his company Flight Studio, and he also features as an investor on BBC’s hit business series Dragons’ Den. 

The Diary Of A CEO podcast launched in 2017 and has interviewed the likes of Simon Cowell, Jada Pinkett Smith, Boris Johnson, Seth Rogen, Maisie Williams, Thierry Henry, and Richard Branson.

Steven Bartlett stated: ‘In the last two years, the US has become our largest global audience, and this partnership with WME feels like the right step at this time to better serve our listeners and to continue building on that progress.’

Also sharing the good news to his own social media, Steve wrote: ‘REALLY EXCITED: To announce that I’ve signed a deal with @wme, the world’s No.1 talent agent, to represent me in the USA.

His singing will give him access to more US connections and bag bigger American names for his podcast (Steven pictured on Dragon’s Den)

A source close to Stephen also told the publication: ‘He could have signed with several different agencies, they all wanted him and think they can make him a huge star over there, off the back of success he has had with the podcast’ (Pictured: WME’s announcement)

‘Also excited to announce that from this Friday I’ll be living in LA (as well as splitting my time between the UK)! 

‘It was a really f****ing surreal, pinch-myself moment to sit in their LA offices as we agreed the deal, looking at posters of their other talent who are icons and are idols of mine – like Adele, The Rock, Christopher Nolan, Denzel Washington, Drake and so on. 

‘Who would have ever thought that a podcast recorded from my east London kitchen might lead to this… absolutely not me. 

‘But here we are, trying to figure this out… thank you! I really mean that. Let’s do this.’