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
The only people whose opinions I worry about are my wife, my children, and my employees.
I get angry when people bring derisory actions against me.
You can't stop people printing what they want to print.
During negotiations nothing is gained by attacking people's comfort zones.
I don't make enemies, it's just I'm not afraid to speak my mind, which can sometimes mean people don't like what I am saying
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 don't think too many people would want my job. I'm a bit of a nutter.
Whoever I pick as my apprentice, has gotta fit in at my company.
Why work when you can fill out a few forms and get paid for doing nothing?
My main regret about my years in football was keeping my mouth shut like a little mouse, not daring to speak out because I was told you left the managers to get on with the job and that the chairman must never interfere with the manager's decisions or the performance of his team.
I came from a socially deprived background when I was 15, 16 years old, but one thing I knew was one - you don't abuse a policeman, and two - you don't steal things.
I have always been an honest trader. I come from a school of traders where there was honour in the deal. No contracts, just a handshake and that's it, done. That's the way I prefer to do business but it's not always possible these days, sadly.
When I was a kid, a policeman was someone you looked up to and respected.
Well, it's not hard to be number one entertaining Jew. Some of them are quite bleeding bloody miserable, really.