Updated September 2016
Each year, one business person is selected by renowned business leader Lord Alan Sugar, in earlier years to join his team and more recently, to start a business in partnership with him, as part of the TV series The Apprentice.
But where are the previous years’ winners now?
Using business accounts data filed with Companies House and found through Company Check, here’s an update on where the series’ winners are now:
Tim Campbell: 2005
Company name: Bright Ideas Trust
Business activity: Charity
Company number: 06289701
Company net worth (2015): £49,800
Tim was the very first winner of The Apprentice and joined Lord Sugar (then Sir Alan)’s team in 2005, where he stayed for two years before co-founding the Bright Ideas Trust, a foundation set up to support young entrepreneurs from disadvantaged backgrounds. Bright Ideas filed a net worth of £121,705 in 2014.
View Tim’s company accounts in full
Michelle Dewberry: 2006
Company name: Michelle Dewberry Limited
Business activity: Business and Management Consultancy
Company number: 05931423
Company net worth (2015): £138,000
Yorkshire born Michelle was the second ever winner of The Apprentice, beating the ‘great-for-TV’ Ruth Badger to the top spot.
Michelle is one of only two winners (alongside Stella English) to leave her job with Lord Sugar prior to the end of the initial 12 month contract. She now runs Michelle Dewberry Limited, a business and management consultancy based in London which filed a net worth in 2014 of £137,995, with £187,620 cash in the bank.
View Michelle’s company accounts in full
Simon Ambrose: 2007
Company name: Bluesigma Capital Limited
Business activity: Architectural, technical consult
Company number: 07127569
Company net worth (2015): £51,048
Simon is the series’ longest-standing Sugar employee, having stayed in his job for 3 years. He later moved on to investing in a number of bars and restaurants also runs Bluesigma Capital Limited, a capital investment consultancy.
View Simon’s company account in full
Lee McQueen: 2008
Company name: Raw Talent Academy
Business activity: Recruitment
Company number: OC378224
Company net worth (2015): £2
Lee spent 2 years working for Lord Sugar’s company Amstrad on ‘digital signage’ before setting up his recruitment agency Raw Talent Academy. The agency includes Talent Hub, an area specifically for experience sales people to find their next role. He famously lied in his CV and was found out on the show, but went on to win anyway.
View Lee’s company accounts in full
Yasmina Siadatan: 2009
Company name: Global New Markets
Business activity: Research
Company number: 05641242
Company net worth (2015): -£309,200
Yasmina beat bookie’s favourite Kate Walsh to win a job in the Amscreen healthcare division for Lord Sugar, where she worked alongside Sugar’s son for two years. After some time off on maternity leave and bringing up her children, Michelle became the Creative Director for Start Up Loans, a government funded start up support initiative. Today, she is the Global New Markets Director for OnePoint Global, a ‘mobile first’ market research company.
View Yasmina’s company account in full
Stella English: 2010
Stella left Lord Sugar’s company after two years and had various roles including Commercial Manager at YouView TV, Chief of Staff at Citi and Management Consultant at Hewlett Packard.
Tom Pellereau: 2011
Company name: Aventom Limited
Business activity: Architectural, technical consult
Company number: 07746771
Company net worth (2015): £360,200
Tom was the first winner of The Apprentice to secure the business partnership with Lord Sugar after impressing him with his range of inventions, including StyleFile. Tom famously lost the majority of the tasks in which he was involved but his company’s impressive net worth is testament to his business prowess. He is still in partnership with Lord Sugar today.
View Tom’s company accounts in full
Ricky Martin: 2012
Company name: Hyper Recruitment Solutions
Business activity: Recruitment
Company number: 07747824
Company net worth (2015): £281,000
Ricky won The Apprentice to enter into a business partnership with Lord Sugar with his idea of a new style of recruitment agency. He continues to work with Lord Sugar today and recently appeared as an interviewer on the 2014 series.
View Ricky’s company accounts in full
Leah Totton: 2013
Company name: Dr Leah Limited
Business activity: Medical
Company number: 08610855
Company net worth (2015): £253,100
Leah was the third winner of The Apprentice to secure a business partnership with Lord Sugar. Today, she is still in partnership with Sugar and runs her cosmetic clinic Dr Leah, based in London.
View Leah’s company accounts in full
Mark Wright: 2014
Company name: Climb Online
Business activity: Marketing
Company number: 09090758
Company net worth (2016): £255,000
Mark was the Australian business man who’s passion for sales landed him the business partnership with Lord Sugar. He’s now been running his business Climb Online for nearly a year and employs 19 full-time members of staff. Mark recently celebrated his 134th client win with the announcement of a new working relationship with Company Check. Mark has yet to file accounts with Companies House.
View Mark’s company accounts in full
Joseph Valente: 2015
Company name: Impra-Gas Ltd
Business activity: Plumbing
Company number: 07950661
Company net worth (2016): £45,300
Joseph was the young entrepreneur who took Lord Sugar back to his early days in business. Passionate, a self-starter and someone for whom hard work and perseverance paid off, Valente was rarely noted as the favourite to win. Yet despite this, he went on to gain the investment, which helped him to open four new offices and to employ new staff to his plumbing business.
View Joseph’s accounts in full
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