Alan Michael Sugar, better known as Lord Sugar is politician, media personality and a business magnate from the United Kingdom. Lord Sugar was born in the small town of Hackney in East London. He was born into a Jewish family to Polish parents. Lord Sugar was born on the 24th of March in the year of 1947. He is currently 72 years old now. He was born to Ann Sugar and then later to Lady Sugar and he has three children from his two marriages. Lord Sugar attended the Northwold Primary School and then later on he joined the Brooke House Secondary School where he completed his high school education.
Lord Sugar became a billionaire in the year of 2015. His current net worth is estimated to be around $1.5 billion. He was chairman of the Tottenham Hotspur football club from the years of 1991 to 2001. Sugar has made a regular appearance in the British reality television show “The Apprentice”, which started in 2005. He began hustling at an early age when he was at school, and from there he learnt the art of business. His early experiences helped him to become on one of the most successful businessman in the UK.
- “Not everybody needs to go to university; they can get out and start working straight away.” – Alan Sugar
- “If you enjoy what you do, don’t be afraid of expressing your enthusiasm. Enjoyment is infectious.” – Alan Sugar
- “Money is all right but once you have it you learn it’s not the be all and end all.” – Alan Sugar
- “Don’t try to blame the rest of the world. The blame only lies with you. Recognize that immediately.” – Alan Sugar
- “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.” – Alan Sugar
- “You cannot learn to be an entrepreneur by reading a book. You can only find out by giving it a try.” – Alan Sugar
- “Why work when you can fill out a few forms and get paid for doing nothing?” – Alan
- “It is torment to be segregated out because of some bit of clothing that you’re wearing.” – Alan Sugar
- “Put your loved ones, not your profit margin, centre stage.” – Alan Sugar
- “If you lock me in the room with a piano teacher for a year I might be able to knock out a rendition of ‘Roll Out The Barrel,’ but will I ever be a concert pianist? No.” – Alan Sugar
- “It’s never a good thing to be seen to be rushing to conclude a deal.” – Alan Sugar
- “I’ve got $300m of property – if this was leveraged properly it could be $3bn overnight.” – Alan Sugar
- “Don’t worry if you make mistakes because that’s how most people learn.” – Alan Suga
- “I did not come into football to make money. I had already made millions.” – Alan Sugar
- “In America, everybody thinks they’re an entrepreneur. That’s the problem. It’s not a title that anybody should call oneself.” – Alan Sugar
- “Self-belief is critical skill for business success.” – Alan Sugar
- “I’ve spent my business career giving good value for money, and I hope never to deviate from that ethos.” – Alan Sugar
- “I would never be able to stay the course working for someone else.” – Alan Sugar
- “Self-belief is a critical skill for business success.” – Alan Sugar
- “I know you’re Belgian, that’s where those waffles come from.” – Alan Sugar
- “Once you decide to work for yourself, you never go back to work for somebody else.” – Alan Sugar
- “My parents did their best, but not being able to have what I wanted made me determined to do something for myself – to be self-sufficient.” – Alan Sugar
- “I started my business in a so-called ‘recession.’… I didn’t know what a ‘recession’ was and I didn’t care less.” – Alan Sugar
- “Regrettably, all the people I know in Florida don’t know about anything outside their great country. Plus they expect everyone to understand what they’re talking about.” – Alan Sugar
- “I’m a great believer in solid foundations that will last – and that will serve your family, your community and, by implication, your country and future generations.” – Alan Sugar
- “We’re interested in the mass-merchandising of anything. If there was a market in mass-produced portable nuclear weapons, we’d market them too.” – Alan Sugar
- “Being employed in the old-fashioned way isn’t that available any more. People have got to start thinking about doing things for themselves.” – Alan Sugar
- “I’ve just got an exceptional memory, if I say so myself.” – Alan Sugar
- “What you need is sheer determination. Passion and great personal belief. And a slice of good luck.” – Alan Sugar
- “I get angry when people bring derisory actions against me.” – Alan Sugar
