Alan Sugar
Alan Sugar
Alan Michael Sugar, Baron Sugaris an English business magnate, media personality, and political advisor. According to the Sunday Times Rich List, Sugar joined the “billionaire’s club" in 2015 and in 2016 they estimated his fortune at £1.15bn, and ranked him as the 95th 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...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth24 March 1947
CityLondon, England
Effective leadership is about earning respect, and it's also about personality and charisma
The entrepreneurial instinct is in you. You can't learn it, you can't buy it, you can't put it in a bottle. It's just there and it comes out.
It is torment to be segregated out because of some bit of clothing that you're wearing.
I have principles and I am not going to be forced to compromise them.
Don't try to blame the rest of the world. The blame only lies with you. Recognize that immediately.
An entrepreneur is not what you call yourself, it's what someone calls you in recognition of what you've achieved. I call Richard Branson an entrepreneur. Rupert Murdoch called me one. Anybody who stands up and says: 'I'm an entrepreneur' needs shooting. You'll drive people crazy.
I find it strange that Gisela Gschaider a 1974 immigrant from Germany is on the brexit panel telling us British what we should do .
A good leader is not necessarily the most popular person in their business, but the best ones are liked because they are respected for their clarity and vision.
If you enjoy what you do, don't be afraid of expressing your enthusiasm. Enjoyment is infectious.
Once you decide to work for yourself, you never go back to work for somebody else.
Although we anticipate a good performance in the current financial year, shareholders should not expect the same level of result as we have reported for the year to 30 June 2005.
As part of this agreement we will sell significant volumes of this new product in the financial year to 30 June 2007.
I don't think too many people would want my job. I'm a bit of a nutter.
I like things in their proper places.