The Apprentice: Where are the winners?

Let's have a catch up, shall we?

The Apprentice 2019

by Millie Hurst |
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It's what we wait for every year in the lead up to Christmas - the iconic one-liners, the ill fitting suits and the ego's of 12 buisnesspeople all vying for Lord Sugar's £250,000 investment.

The Apprentice is back for it's fifteen series, making it one of the longest running TV show on British screens.

Last year, Sian Gabbidon was victorious, and there's a posibility she'll be appearing on this series to share her words of wisdom with the new contestants.

But what about the other guys?

Here’s what the past winners of The Apprentice are up to now.

Series fourteen winner: Sian Gabbidon (2018)

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Leeds born Sian founded her fashion brand before she appeared on the show. However, she was keen to win the £250,000 investment to develop it further, using part of that money to promote her clothes through social media influencers.

After winning the prize money and working hard on sianmariefashion, Sian's business has been successful, with her clothing line now being sold in department stores including House of Fraser. She has since taken on the role of hosting The Apprentice's Celebrity podcast titled, The Wake Up Call.

Series thirteen winners: Sarah Lynn AND James White (2017)

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Cast your mind back to 2017, when Lord Alan Sugar couldn't make up his mind between the two businesses, so decided to invest in BOTH Sarah and James' business plans.

This was the first time the show had two winners and many were left unhappy, saying it "ruined the point of the show", yet others found is fascinating that the show had found two amazing businesspeople.

With Lord Sugar's investment, Sarah Lynn has gone on to huge success, with her confectionary line Sweets in the City launching in Waitrose stores across the country.

James' company, Right Time Recruitment, reportedly failed to successfully launch, with it being reportedly his company "lost £30,000" in its first six months of trading.

A source told The Sun, “Since investing in James [Lord Sugar] had to deal several unfortunate setbacks, and now the figures don’t seem to be reflecting the hard work that’s gone into the business.”

However, a spokesperson for Lord Sugar told the publication, “James and Lord Sugar are in their first six months of trading.

“This time has been used for investing in more staff, renting premises, building a website and rebranding.

“Right Time is in line with forecasts and expectations for the end of June 2019 — and by this stage will be making a profit."

Series twelve winner: Alana Spencer (2016)

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Alana started up her company as a teenager and took it to new heights with Lord Sugar’s investment.

Ridiculously Rich by Alana was born, and today she’s still in regular contact with Lord Sugar.

Rumour has it there’s a potential collaboration with GBBO’s Candice on the cards…

Series eleven winner: Joseph Valente (2015)

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Joseph won against DatePlay dating app owner, Vana Koutsomitis and used Lord Sugar’s investment to expand his Peterborough-based gas and heating firm, ImpraGas.

He expanded his team of staff and opened more UK offices, and after a friendly split from Lord Sugar, Valente now has full control over his business.

He plans to bring it to London and compete with big firms like British Gas.

Series ten winner: Mark Wright (2014)

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With Lord Sugar’s investment, Mark has expanded his business, Climb Online the ‘digital agency with a human touch’, and is considered to be one of the most successful Apprentice winners.

The company plans to expand to Cape Town, South Africa within the next year.

Mark's admitted that he struggled to get his Twitter verified because of his TOWIE namesake.

Series nine winner: Leah Totton (2013)

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Leah set up Dr Leah Cosmetic Skin Clinic, her cosmetic clinic in central London, which has welcomed the likes of Frankie Essex from TOWIE.

The memorable 2013 winner was linked to fellow winner, Mark Wright although they are no longer dating.

Series eight winner: Ricky Martin (2012)

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A professional wrestler before coming on the show, Cardiff biochemistry graduate, Ricky set up a recruitment company for science and technology roles, called Hyper Recruitment Solutions.

It's now a leading name in the industry and runs a podcast which is based around the recruitment industry.

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Carina Lepore

30-year-old Carina owns an artisan bakery. She's from South London and believes she has what it takes to be Lord Sugar's next business partner, as "it's written in the stars". Carina also credits herself as a natural leader.

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Iasha Masood

Isasha, 27, is an account from Manchester, who says she is a "fierce businesswoman with sass and class". She thinks her fellow competitors will underestimate her, but will be shocked by her "controversial" and "eccentric" personality.

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Jemelin Artigas

34-year-old network marketing consultant Jemelin likes things to be done her way and has revealed she is "next-level stubborn". Jemelin says she "never has problems, I only have solutions".

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Lottie Lion

Lottie is 19 and from Somerset. She is a librarian, who is "very cut-throat". Lottie believes she will bring class to the competition, shocking her fellow contestants.

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Lubna Farhan

Luton born Lubna is a 33-year-old finance manager and mother of two. She believes her rise from a "council estate" shows how she has made herself into "something good". Lubna credits herself as someone with "the whole package".

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Scarlett Allen-Horton

32-year-old Scarlett, from the West Midlands, owns a recuritment company and believes her "upbeat personality" is her best asset in helping her win the competition. In her words, she's "been the highest performer across every workplace I have worked in."

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Pamela Laird

Pamela, 30, from South London, owns a beauty brand. She says she is fiesty and passionate, crediting her "entrepreneurial gene" as her reason for success.

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Marianne Rawlins

Marianne, 36, is from Lincolnshire and owns a risk management company. Moving to the UK in 2017 from the US, she says she has no filter and is the "epitome" of 'don't judge a book by its cover', but has said she needs to tone down her "American-ness."

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Dean Ahmad

20-year-old Dean is from Essex, who believes he's got the "gift of the gab". He owns a Sports Management Agency, a company which he founded aged 15. Dean says he can "persuade anyone to do anything."

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Kenna Ngoma

Kenna, 24, is from Greater Manchester and owns an alcohol-infused ice cream company. He says he has an "infectious personality" and used to play professionally for Manchester City before he got injured.

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Riyonn Farsad

Riyonn is a 30-year-old events manager from South London. He says he has never come across anyone that doesn't like him.

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Lewis Ellis

Lewis, 28, is from Lancashire and is a digital marketing project manager. He is a "maverick" who doesn't follow the rules. Lewis says he's very confident, which is sometimes viewed as arrogance. However, he doesn't think he's "better than anyone else."

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Ryan-Mark Parsons

Ryan-Mark, 19, is the youngest contestant this year. Yet, he believes age is irrelevant when business is being discussed. Ryan-Mark describes himself as the "epitome of luxury."

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Shahin Hassan

Birmingham born Shahin says he is "ruthless in the pursuit of success", crediting Elon Musk as one of his role models. The 36-year-old says his best quality is "thinking outside of the box."

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Thomas Skinner

Thomas, 28, is from East London and owns a pillow company. He started working aged 12 doing a paper round and moved to working on the markets aged 16. Thomas says he is a "chancer", but it works in his favour.

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Souleyman Bah

20-year-old Souleyman is a para athlete and motivational speaker. He trains with the GB Paralympic Olympic Team as a sprinter. Souleyman says he is going to be extremely honest and will fight for his place in the competition.

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Series seven winner: Tom Pellereau (2011)

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Tom, the series seven winner was the first to receive an investment in his business after the format of the show was changed.

His curved nail file, Stylfile was sold in supermarket stores and he has since invented a bowel cancer screening device and a collapsible baby bottle.

He's also recently released a makeup brush cleaning product.

Series six winner: Stella English (2010)

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Stella came from humble beginnings, leaving school with no qualifications, but she managed to become head of business management at an investment bank before she came on The Apprentice.

She worked for Viglen, Sugar’s company that sells IT solutions to the education sector, then worked at digital TV service, YouView.

Stella now works as a management consultant and a host on Crowd Box.

Series five winner: Yasmina Siadatan (2009)

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Sugar’s fifth apprentice, Yasmina, worked for the business mogul’s medical supply division for a year, before giving birth to her two children, Rupert and Roman.

She fell pregnant after a whirlwind romance with a colleague and didn’t return to her job with Sugar after her maternity leave.

She was soon headhunted by Dragon, James Caan.

She now works as the Start Up Loans creative director.

Series four winner: Lee McQueen (2008)

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He wasn’t entirely truthful about his university experiences on his CV, but he still won Sugar over.

Lee stayed at Amstrad for two years, before leaving to set up Raw Talent Academy, a sales recruitment and training company.

Series three winner: Simon Ambrose (2007)

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The series three contestant, Simon worked at Amsprop, Lord Sugar’s property division for three years.

More recently, he has been operating a chain of London bars and restaurants, as well as chairing the London Contemporary Orchestra.

He's since got married and had a son.

Series two winner: Michelle Dewberry (2006)

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Michelle’s quiet determination earnt her the nickname, ‘Silent assassin’.

The Apprentice’s second winner worked for Lord Sugar for 11 months on the launch of a computer equipment disposal project, Xenon Green.

These days, she often appears on Sky News and its debate show The Pledge. She has written an autobiography, Anything Is Possible, and also runs a shopping website, Daily Chic.

Series one winner: Tim Campbell (2005)

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From Stratford, Tim used to be a London Underground transport manager and after winning the show he was in charge of launching the Integra electronic anti-wrinkle device.

He battled testicular cancer and co-founded a digital marketing agency, Marketing Runners Ltd.

He also founded The Bright Ideas Trust, a charity which helps 16-30 year old entrepreneurs start up a business, and received an MBE in 2012 for Services to Enterprise Culture.

Finally, he may not have won, but...

An honorary mention must go to Jason Leech of Season 9, the contestant whose look of terror when asked back into the board room to be praised after a task will forever be remembered.

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Lord Sugar's right hand man, Claude Littner, recently revealed all the behind-the-scenes secrets from the famous BBC One show.

Reply to a Twitter used who tweeted him asking, "Claude, do the candidates really only have 20 minutes to get ready after the phone call? They all look groomed to the max. Surely that takes longer than 20 minutes. Especially for the girls!"

Claude responded, "Prepare the night before, as they know they are on task the following morning. They don’t know where or when or any clue about the task."

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