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Alan M. Sugar

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/* 10 Fun Facts About Sir Alan Sugar */
* In 2000, he stood down as Tottenham Hotspur chairman after agreeing to sell part of his stake in the club to international sports entertainment business ENIC.
* In July 2007, Sugar sold his Amstrad empire to Sky but remains Chairman... Well it's a bit more complex than that. the The business sold to Sky (and it's still going and still in Brentwood) was set-top boxes. The computer side (by then PC clones only) had previously been merged with Viglen, a British company formed in 1975, acquired by Amstrad in 1994. In 1997, it was listed as a public limited company and Amstrad plc shares were split into Viglen and Betacom shares, Betacom being renamed to Amstrad PLC. Following the sale of Amstrad PLC to Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB, Viglen is now Lord Sugar's sole IT establishment. Viglen is run by CEO Bordan Tkachuk, a long time associate of Lord Sugar, who can be seen making special guest appearances on The Apprentice. [https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/8373/Viglen/ Source]
* Amstrad's sister companies include: Amsair, which offers business and executive jets to a number of high profile clients around the world and Amsprop, an investment firm.
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