Lord Alan Sugar is no longer working with an ‘The Apprentice’ winner, according to a source.
Lord Sugar is no longer working with Sarah Lynn
The 75-year-old tycoon is no longer working with Sarah Lynn - who became the BBC show’s first joint winner alongside James White in 2017 - after he invested in her candy store idea, Sarah’s Chic Sweets.
An insider told the Sun newspaper: This will have come as a huge blow for Sarah, though it shouldn’t have been too big a surprise for her.
“She joins a long line of entrepreneurs who won 'The Apprentice' only to find themselves splitting with Lord Sugar some time later.
“The situation is obviously likely to attract greater attention because she was the first joint winner on the Beeb show.”
Sarah is not the first partner that Alan has walked away from as according to documents, he no longer has “significant control” in Sian Gabbidon’s clothing business, Sian Marie Fashion’ after she won the 2018 series, securing a £250,000 slice of his pie.
Earlier this year, Harpreet Kaur became the latest winner of the show - following “an all-female final” after it took a two-year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
After her victory for her burgeoning bakery empire, the 30-year-old entrepreneur said: “I absolutely loved that it was an all-female final because I love empowering women. I hope that I can inspire many women that you need to follow your dreams, go and smash your goals, go and get them.
“But I also do feel that we need to sort of delete these titles out there in business, it doesn’t matter if you’re male or female.
“If you can set your eyes on something, and you’re going to make a success of yourself, go for it. It doesn’t really matter what gender you are.
“And I think, again, through the process, that’s what Lord Sugar is about, I don’t think it matters if you’re male or female, if he recognises that someone’s worth an investment, he will do that.”
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