Arjun collects 25K pocket money for Apprentice win

Arjun collects 25K pocket money for Apprentice win
Arjun collects 25K pocket money for Apprentice win (Image credit: PA)

Maths wizard Arjun Rajyagor has been crowned Lord Sugar's first Junior Apprentice, bagging a £25,000 'pocket money' fund to launch his business career. The 'elated' 17-year-old beat off competition from three other finalists - Zoe Plummer, Tim Ankers and Kirsty Cleaver. The last task on the BBC One show saw the teens create and market a brand of bottled water. Lord Sugar heaped praise on Arjun, from Essex, declaring: "Arjun has that natural business flair combined with intelligence that some people are born with - you can't learn it. "I know that Arjun is going to become the best at whatever he wants to do and I will be here for support all the way." Arjun has received a conditional offer to study Engineering Science at Oxford University and aspires to become his own boss of an electrical engineering company. He described his win as 'mind-blowing' and his time on the show as 'the most amazing experience of my life'. The £25,000 prize will be controlled by Lord Sugar and will be carefully handed out when brainbox Arjun wants to take on a suitable venture. Lord Sugar added: "I was so impressed with all of the candidates - they were outstanding for their age - but there had to be just one winner, and Arjun has done himself and his family proud."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


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