London, June 4 (ANI): Ricky Martin, who was widely ridiculed about his past as a professional wrestler, his showbiz name and his profession to be the 'reflection of perfection' before this season of The Apprentice had even begun, has turned out be the winner.
The 26-year-old recruitment manager has beaten the odds to be named this year's winner and land the prestigious prize of a business partnership with Lord Alan Sugar, along with an investment of up to 250,000 pounds.
In Sunday night's final, Martin beat 23-year-old wine investor Tom Gearing, who was named runner-up, 29-year-old business development manager Jade Nash and 25-year-old technology entrepreneur Nick Holzher, the aily Mail reported.
After winning, Ricky proclaimed: "Lord Sugar and I are going to be a powerful force to reckon with. I can't say I've digested it yet.
"I'm ecstatic. Genuine shock, I'm so so pleased. Tom is incredible at what he does, great competition but I believed in myself, I thought I always I had it in me and I proved it," he added.
Despite receiving a battering from Lord Sugar's business associates during an intense round of interviews - particularly over his 'arrogant and foolish' personal statement which saw him liken himself to demigod Thor - he impressed with his business plan for a recruitment agency specialising in science and technology.
Ruthless troubleshooter Claude Littner, pioneer of Britain's free magazine business Mike Soutar, chief executive with a business worth over 300m pounds and former Young Entrepreneur of the Year Matthew Riley as well as patron of the Bright Ideas Trust and eyebrow raising confidant Margaret Mountford grilled the four finalists in a heated final episode.
Ricky endured some rigorous questioning, including Mike Soutar challenging his reasons for going by the name 'Ricky Martin' (the contestant, real name Richard, answered that the Latino singer's name helped people remember him).
Claude Littner labelled his personal statement 'crass, obnoxious, and infantile.'
However, on Ricky's business plan, Claude commented "I was quite impressed. It was interesting, well written and you've done very well in your career." (ANI)
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