Alan Sugar's 57-year marriage to 'chalk and cheese' wife and incredible wealth
The Apprentice star has become one of the richest men in the country since leaving school at 16
Alan Sugar is back in the boardroom tonight as another series of The Apprentice kicks off. Once again, the 77-year-old billionaire, who has fronted the show since 2005, will be putting the new candidates through their paces with a number of business challenges.
Lord Sugar will be once again joined by his trusty advisors Karren Brady and Tim Campbell as he whittles the competitors down to find his business partner - and hand over a £250,000 prize to help kickstart their business.
But what do we know about Lord Sugar's life away from the hit BBC show. Below we look at his long marriage to wife Ann Simons, and his incredible net worth.
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Alan Sugar's 57-year marriageAlan has been married to wife Ann Simons for 57 years. They have two sons, Daniel and Simon, and a daughter, Louise, as well as a host of grandchildren.
The couple met back in 1966, when the future business mogul was just 18 and Ann was 16 and worked as a hairdresser. Ann shared her first impression of Alan in a BBC documentary in 2009.
She said: "He was very straight-talking, I wasn't used to that type of thing but that's what I liked about him. Don't know why but I did!"
They married in 1968 at Great Portland Street Synagogue and Alan previously revealed his proposal wasn't very romantic. He said: "We were going over the Stratford flyover in the minivan at the time.
"It was more along the lines of, 'I suppose we should get married then?' There was certainly no going down on one knee, with a rose, in a restaurant."
According to the Daily Mail, Alan made a touching speech as the couple celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with a lavish party in 2008. He reportedly told guests: "I can honestly say I have never ever heard anyone say a bad word about Ann. As you know you can't say the same about me. Talk about chalk and cheese.
"She always says the day she met me she knew she had met Mr Right; what she didn't know was that my first name was Always." He went on to say: "A real successful man puts the love of his wife and children first, a real successful man's greatest position in life is to have a great family. I am lucky enough to have had a wife for 40 years, who gave me three great children, who in turn have given us seven wonderful grandchildren."
Alan Sugar's net worth and businessesAccording to the latest Sunday Times Rich List, Lord Sugar's net worth stood at £1.074 billion in May 2023. It was down slightly from £1.088 billion in 2022.
It put him at number 165 on the Rich List. He became a billionaire in 2015, according to the Times.
After leaving school as a teenager, Alan started selling electric goods out of a van and set up his first business, Amstrad, when he was just 21. But he has made most of his money in property, according to the Times. His property investment firm is named Amsprop and is now controlled by his son Daniel.
The latest accounts of his holding company show he sold five properties with a combined value of £102 million between 2021 and 2022. Lord Sugar sold Amstrad in 2007 to Sky and set up Amscreen, the UK’s largest digital media owner, which is run by his son Simon.
Until 2014 he was chairman of Viglen, a manufacturer specialising in computers, networks, and solutions. He was also the chairman and part-owner of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club from 1991 to 2001, but sold his remaining stake in the club in 2007 for £25 million.
The Apprentice airs on BBC One at 9pm on Thursday, January 30. Episodes will also be available on BBC iPlayer.
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