Alan sugar

[bednobs]

what has he actually done? Ok so he built up "amstrad" but really - what has he done lately? Also "on offer is a 50/50 partnership" - is the winner gonna put 250000 in then? What about if their business is rubbish, and the winning candidate has an idea to sell rubber women - is he really going to associate with that?

[Davethedog]

I'm puzzled are you seriously confusing a TV show with real life? Just because the people involved are real and are in business, you expect the results to be "real".

Alan Sugar is obviously quite astute, however the american version whicj pre-dates ours by a couple of years had exactly the same format including the "Your fired" thing.

If he actualy conducted business the way his TV charachter portrays it I don't think he would be a millionaire.

No nonsense and gruff I am sure he is, less than elequent for sure, stupid I think not.

Now who thinks Dot Cotton is real.

[vivandorron]

He doesn't always speak politely.

Ron

[Davethedog]

Oh and do you think its his money??

By the by the American presenter was/is Donald Trump

[fliptheswitch]

I like him. He just proves that you don't need to come from a privileged background to really make something of your life.
He was brought up in a council flat, by his parents who each had modest salaries. he started selling electrical goods from the back of a van on a market stall at the age of 17, after having left school a year earlier.
He is now worth £770m, so I think he's done pretty well for himself.

[gazzawazza]

I don't think he's rude, to me, he just comes across as someone who doesn't suffer fools gladly.

[Eljohnno]

When he was in charge of Tottingham Hitspuds he appointed Christian Gross - he must have been impressed at the interview !