Alan Sugar

Alan Michael Sugar, Baron Sugar (born 24 March 1947) is an Englishbusiness magnate, media personality, and political advisor. According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2015, Sugar has joined the “billionaire’s club" with an estimated fortune of £1.4bn, and is ranked as the 101st richest person in the UK. In 2007, he sold his remaining interest in the consumer electronics company Amstrad, his largest and best-known business venture.

Sugar was chairman of Tottenham Hotspur from 1991 to 2001. Sugar appears in the BBC TV series The Apprentice, which has been broadcast annually since 2005 and is based upon the popular US television show of the same name, featuring the American entrepreneur Donald Trump.

Early life

Sugar was born in Hackney, east London, into a Jewish family. He is the youngest of four children of Fay (1907–1994) and Nathan Sugar (1907–1987). His father was a tailor in the garment industry of the East End.

When Sugar was young, his family lived in a council flat. Because of his profuse, curly hair, he was nicknamed "Mop head", a name that he still goes by in the present day. He attended Northwold Primary School and then Brooke House Secondary School in Upper Clapton, Hackney, and made extra money by working at a greengrocers. After leaving school at 16, he worked briefly for the civil service as a statistician at the Ministry of Education. He started selling car aerials and electrical goods out of a van which he had bought with his savings of £50.

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Lord Alan Sugar is dealt brutal snub as The Apprentice star goes into business with ...

The Daily Mail 24 Mar 2025
Lord Alan Sugar was dealt a brutal snub after an axed The Apprentice star went into business with his BBC rival ... Lord Alan Sugar was dealt a brutal snub after an axed The Apprentice star went into business with his BBC rival.
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The Apprentice shock as star snubs Lord Sugar and goes into business with his RIVAL ...

The Sun 23 Mar 2025
AN APPRENTICE candidate who walked away from the series has gone into business with a show rival in a snub to Lord Sugar ... PAThe Apprentice contestant Dr Jana Denzel has gone into business with Lord Sugar’s business rival[/caption].
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The Times/The Sunday Times 22 Mar 2025
Anyone who has endured the pain of losing a life partner knows there is absolutely no rule book on how to heal ... Life & Style. Celebrity. Related articles. INTERVIEW. Lord Sugar. I told my staff, ‘Get back to work ... January 18 2025, 12.01am ... INTERVIEW ... .
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The Apprentice's Jonny Heaver reveals why he never spoke about his birthmark on the show ...

The Daily Mail 22 Mar 2025
Jonny, 23, was one of the stars of this year's series of the BBC show and was the fifth candidate to be axed from the competition ... 'And I'm really pleased Lord Sugar didn't mention in week one, because it shouldn't be that way ... He told us ... Read More ... .
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Lord Sugar reveals which Apprentice candidates 'never become the winners'

AOL 21 Mar 2025
The Apprentice's Lord Sugar says he can spot which candidates are on the show looking for fame and that "they never become the winners" ... Lord Sugar sat down ...
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Lord Sugar issues scathing response to Sol Campbell after former Spurs star revealed why he ...

The Daily Mail 21 Mar 2025
Lord Alan Sugar has hit back at Sol Campbell after the former Spurs star finally revealed why he left Tottenham for Arsenal back in the summer of 2001 ... However, Tottenham then-owner Lord Sugar was ...
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'A phone call came through and Gary Neville asked me if I fancied Manchester United, ...

FourFourTwo 21 Mar 2025
Sol Campbell has revealed that he almost signed for Manchester United in the mid-1990s, but Tottenham chairman at the time Lord Alan Sugar blocked him from making the move ... Getty) ... PA) ... "It did go further, but Lord Sugar blocked it ... ....
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'To the trolls who watched me on The Apprentice this is my message to you'

AOL 21 Mar 2025
The Apprentice's Melica Moshiri was fired by Lord Sugar in a double elimination on the BBC show ... Later, Lord Sugar fired Moshiri for being "disruptive" ... It’s hard to get that qualification. It’s not easy ... You don’t see that ... .
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Gary Neville tried to bring me to Man United, says Sol Campbell

Gulf News 21 Mar 2025
However, former Tottenham co-owner and chairman Alan Sugar is said to have intervened to prevent the move ... When asked about his relationship with Lord Sugar, Campbell avoided giving a direct answer but hinted at tensions during his time at the club.
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'When I went on The Apprentice I realised Lord Sugar has his favourites'

AOL 20 Mar 2025
Unimpressed Lord Alan Sugar shocked the candidates when he chose no winner in latest The Apprentice task which saw the entrepreneurs make their own hot sauce and create a TV advert ... It was a tough call for Lord Sugar.
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Fired The Apprentice stars hit back as Lord Sugar makes show history failing BOTH teams ...

The Daily Mail 20 Mar 2025
Fired The Apprentice stars Melica Moshiri and Emma Street have hit back after being booted off the show on Thursday night after Lord Sugar made show history again by failing both teams ... Lord Sugar was ...
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Alan Sugar: Young people ‘want to fast-track themselves to the top’

AOL 20 Mar 2025
Rajan also asked Lord Sugar for his view on the tense Oval Office meeting between US President Donald Trump, a real estate mogul who rose to greater prominence via the American version of The Apprentice, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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