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Alan Sugar

1947 - Today

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Alan Michael Sugar, Baron Sugar (born 24 March 1947) is a British business magnate, media personality, author, politician, and political adviser. Sugar began what would later become his largest business venture, consumer electronics company Amstrad, in 1968. In 2007, he sold his remaining interest in the company in a deal to BSkyB for £125 million. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Sugar has received more than 5,581,161 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Alan Sugar is the 575th most popular businessperson (up from 603rd in 2019), the 4,319th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,995th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular British Businessperson.

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  • 5.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Alan Sugar ranks 575 out of 847. Before him are Dwarkanath Tagore, Jacqueline Mars, James Gordon Bennett Jr., Eric Trump, Owen D. Young, and Marc Faber. After him are Mary Barra, Paul Stoddart, Li Shufu, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, John Wanamaker, and Shane McMahon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Alan Sugar ranks 621. Before him are Cemil Turan, Debra Mooney, Don McKenzie, Michèle Pierre-Louis, Wolfgang Schwarz, and Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. After him are Valdir Espinosa, Stefan Angelov, Kazadi Mwamba, Maurice Martens, Guo Jinlong, and Laura Nyro.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Sugar ranks 4,319 out of 8,785. Before him are Malcolm Muggeridge (1903), Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130), John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey (1885), Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw (1902), Orlando Figes (1959), and Henry Bird (1830). After him are Thomas Weelkes (1576), Peter Taylor (1928), John Moresby (1830), Richard Haydn (1905), Alan Rees (1938), and Dukinfield Henry Scott (1854).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Alan Sugar ranks 43. Before him are William McGregor (1846), David Richards (1952), George Williams (1821), Stafford Beer (1926), Howard Stringer (1942), and Anita Roddick (1942). After him are Daniel Levy (1962), Allan Williams (1930), Henry Tate (1819), Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin (1866), Steve Jackson (1951), and Heather Mills (1968).

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