* 1947 – Alan Sugar, English businessman

Amstrad was founded in 1968 by Alan Sugar at the age of 21.

The name is a contraction of Alan Michael Sugar Trading.

Amstrad was founded in 1968 by Lord Sugar at the age of 21, the name of the original company being AMS Trading ( Amstrad ) Limited, derived from Lord Sugar's initials ( Alan Michael Sugar ).

Recently, Amstrad has also started producing animatronic Alan Sugar heads.

* Sugar, Alan.

Alan Sugar — the Amstrad Story ( 1991 ), paperback ISBN 0-330-31900-0.

Amstrad's founder Alan Sugar realised that most computers in Britain were used for word processing at home, and allegedly sketched an outline design for a low cost replacement for typewriters during a flight to the Far East.

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* Men who wear wigs ( Sir Alan Sugar )

* American English ( Sir Alan Sugar )

Alan Michael Sugar, Baron Sugar ( born 24 March 1947 ) is a British business magnate, media personality, and political advisor.

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* Alan Sugar arch-capitalist and star of the BBC's The Apprentice owns an apartment complex in the town.

* Alan Michael Sugar, a British tycoon

In one, she profiled the entrepreneur, Sir Alan Sugar.

* Alan Sugar, entrepreneur, former owner of Amstrad, host of The Apprentice

* The Rt Hon The Lord Sugar KBE ( Alan Sugar )

* Alan Bennett plays Graham Whittaker in " A Chip in the Sugar "

Throughout this period, Winkleman also appeared as a reporter on other shows, particularly This Morning interviewing celebrities, including Michelle Pfeiffer, Tony Blair, Sir Alan Sugar and Harrison Ford.

After a failed £ 20m bid to take over Spurs with Larry Gillick, Venables was appointed chief executive by Alan Sugar, who had won the takeover battle against Robert Maxwell in June 1991.

* 1945 – Alan Mulally, American engineer and businessman

* August 4 – Alan Mulally, American businessman, current CEO of the Ford Motor Company

* Alan Bond ( businessman ) ( born 1938 ), Australian businessman

Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. ( November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998 ) was an American naval aviator, test pilot, flag officer, NASA astronaut, and businessman, who in 1961 became the second person, and the first American, to travel into space.

A number of mock interviews were first broadcast on Australian current affairs television, and lampoon prominent people ( such as businessman Alan Bond ) who would not be familiar to a New Zealand audience.

The current principal is Professor Gerry McCormac and the current chairman of court is a local businessman Alan Simpson.

* The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Courageous defeats Australian challenger Southern Cross, of the Royal Perth Yacht Club, 4 races to 0 ; it is Australian businessman Alan Bond's first Cup challenge

Australian businessman Alan Bond joined the consortium along with Reed International, Chargeurs, Next plc and London Merchant Securities amongst others.

Alan Dale portrays Caleb Nichol, Kirsten's businessman father and later Julie Cooper's husband.

Douglas ’ s appeal to commercial interests was reflected in the large amounts of money ( including $ 250, 000 given by Auckland businessman Alan Hawkins ) he collected for the campaign from the business community.

David Alan Stockman ( born November 10, 1946 ) is a former U. S. politician and businessman, serving as a Republican U. S. Representative from the state of Michigan ( 1977 – 1981 ) and as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget ( 1981 – 1985 ).

* Alan Higgs ( died 1979 ), English businessman and philanthropist

Sir Timothy Alan Davan Sainsbury ( born 11 June 1932 ) is a politician and businessman in the United Kingdom.

* Robert Alan Johnson ( 1940 – 2001 ) English businessman

Perth businessman Alan Bond, who built Observation City, had ambitious plans to convert the entire Scarborough Beach " Strip ".

In 1993, Alan Gibbs, an Auckland businessman, offered Hide a job as an economist.

The daughter of mild-mannered Manhattan dentist Sheldon " Shelly " Kornpett ( Alan Arkin ) and the son of businessman Vince Ricardo ( Peter Falk ) are engaged to be married.

In the late 1980s, the station came under the ownership of Bond Media, owned by businessman Alan Bond, and became a Nine Network owned and operated station when Bond purchased the network.

Sir Timothy James Alan Colman KG ( born 19 September 1929 ) is a British businessman and a previous Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk .< ref >

A prominent businessman, Alan Sugar, got his start as a stall holder in the market.

It transferred permanently from the AM to FM band ( originally to 91. 8FM, now the frequency of More FM ) in the late 1980s, after a long legal application process ( opposed by all other commercial radio stations operating in Auckland ) begun in 1984 by station manager Debbi Gibbs, daughter of prominent New Zealand businessman Alan Gibbs, and completed by her successor Jude Anaru in 1988.

Soon after this, STV-8 left the network after it was bought by businessman Alan Bond, and eventually sold on to ENT Limited ( owners of Vic TV and Tas TV ).