Alan Sugar

Appointed Enterprise Champion by the UK government.

Sold his computer company Viglen to XMA.

Became Baron Sugar, of Clapton in the London Borough of Hackney.

Sold Amstrad to BSkyB for £125 million.

Became the host of the BBC television series The Apprentice.

Knighted for services to business.

Launched the Amstrad Emailer, a combined telephone and email device.

Launched the Amstrad CPC 464, a popular home computer.

Floated Amstrad on the London Stock Exchange.

Married Ann Simons.

Founded Amstrad (Alan Michael Sugar Trading) as a general electronics company.

Began his entrepreneurial career selling car aerials and other goods.

Born in Hackney, London, England.