Yasmina Siadatan (born 1981 in
Hull, England) is a British
businesswoman
A businessperson, businessman, or businesswoman is an individual who has founded, owns, or holds shares in (including as an angel investor) a private-sector company. A businessperson undertakes activities (commercial or industrial) for the ...
of
British and Iranian descent. She was the winner of the
fifth series of the British television show ''
The Apprentice
''The Apprentice'' is a Reality competition, reality talent game show franchise originally aired in 2004 in the United States.
Created by U.S.-based British producer Mark Burnett, the show depicts contestants from around the country with variou ...
''. As the winner, she was offered a job working for businessman
Sir Alan Sugar
Alan Michael Sugar, Baron Sugar (born 24 March 1947) is a British business magnate, media personality, author, politician and political adviser. In 1968, he started what would later become his largest business venture, consumer electronics com ...
(now Lord Sugar), who presents the show.
Education
Siadatan studied at
Kendrick School
Kendrick School is a selective girls' grammar school situated in the centre of Reading, Berkshire, UK. In February 2011, Kendrick became an Academy.
History
The school is named after John Kendrick, a Reading cloth merchant who died in 1624. ...
, Reading.
Yasmina also attended LSE and studied economic history.
Career prior to ''The Apprentice''
After travelling in Provence in 2007 with the help of her brother she set up a restaurant named Myalacarte in Reading, Caversham, which subsequently closed down and a pizza restaurant is now on the site.
''The Apprentice''
Yasmina entered ''The Apprentice'' in 2009 as one of sixteen contestants. She reached the final where she competed against
Kate Walsh and was eventually hired as Sir Alan Sugar's apprentice, taking a £100,000 a year job with his company,
Amscreen Health Care, where 2008's winner,
Lee McQueen worked at the time.
References
External links
BBC Yasmina interview
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The Apprentice (British TV series) candidates
The Apprentice (franchise) winners
British people of Iranian descent
Businesspeople from Kingston upon Hull
Living people
1981 births
People educated at Kendrick School