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Who is Claude Littner?
Claude Littner is a famous American-born British business executive and the former chairman of Viglen, Powerleague, Asco, and Azzuri Communications. He is also the Deputy Chairman of Blacks Leisure and Former christ executive of Tottenham Hotspur. Littner is also known for his appearances on the British version of The Apprentice, interviewing for his former boss Alan Sugar. He becomes Sugar’s aide from the 2015 series onwards.
Claude Littner Career
After working in accountancy, Littner developed a career as a turnaround specialist. It was in this role that he met Alan Sugar, and agreed to chair a number of Sugar’s companies. In the early 1990s, Littner was chairman and chief executive of Amstrad International, Amstrad Spain, and Dan call Telecom.
Claude Littner served as: non-executive chairman of Azzurri Communications; deputy chairman of Blacks Leisure Group from August 2008 to July 2009; executive chairman of the international oilfield support services business ASCO from 2004 to 2007; non-executive director of Norton Way Motors Ltd and Myeloma UK. A non-executive director of Amstrad since June 2007, in 2009 Sugar resigned a majority of his UK company directorships, handing over his former management duties to Littner, including the chairman’s post at Viglen.
Football
When Sugar was the majority owner and chairman of Tottenham Hotspur, Littner was its Chief Executive from 1993 to 1998. He once almost turned down a request from Princess Royal for tickets to a game. He resigned from his directorship in 2001. Littner bought into Powerleague, a 5-a-side football center operator in 2001. After leading a management buyout from 3i Group in 2003, it floated on AIM in 2006. The company was taken over in 2009 by Patron Capital. and he netted some $50m.
The Apprentice
Littner came to wider UK public recognition through his direct and confrontational style of job interviewing on The Apprentice. He is the only interviewer to have appeared in this role in every series of the program. It was revealed that Littner had replaced Nick Hewer as Alan Sugar’s aide on the show. He started when the 2015 series began on 14 October 2015, and he continues to interview the candidates on 27 April 2015.
He took a hiatus from the program for its 16th series due to injuries sustained from a cycling accident in 2021, with series one winner Tim Campbell taking over for the sixteenth series. Littner backed to the show for the first episode of the seventeenth series but was not well enough to continue. His place has been taken by Tim Campbell for the following 10 episodes.
Honors
In October 2014, the University of West London’s Business School has renamed the Claude Littner Business School in appreciation of his contributions to the university. It was opened and unveiled by long-time associate and colleague, Alan Sugar. The University of West London appointed him a visiting Professor in April 2015.
How old is Claude Littner?
Littner is currently aged 73 years old as of 2023, having been born on May 4, 1949, in New York City, U.S. He shared his birthdate with popular such as Chris Tomlin, Erin Andrews, George Will, Jidenna, Kimora Lee Simmons, Lance Bass, Mike Dirnt and many more.
Claude Littner Family
Who are Claude Littner’s Parents?
Littner was born and raised in New York City, U.S. to an American mother and an Austrian-Jewish father, who had fled the Nazis in the 1930s. His father worked as a chemical engineer. The family migrated to the United Kingdom soon after Littner’s birth.
Does Claude Littner have Siblings?
He was born into a family of two children, he has one sister named Tina.
Claude Littner Education
He studied at the French Lycée in London, Barnet College, and then at the University of West London’s Business School was renamed the Claude Littner Business School in appreciation of his contributions to the university in October 2014.
Claude Littner Wife
Littner is currently married, he has been married to his beautiful wife Thelma since 1976.
Claude Littner Kids
The couple has been blessed with two children sons who are Anthony and Alex.
Claude Littner Height
Littner’s height is Unknown and his weight is not available to the media.
Claude Littner Net Worth
Littner is an American-born British business executive and the former chairman of Viglen, Powerleague, ASCO, and Azzuri Communications. His net worth is estimated to be $34 million as of 2023.
