Katie Wright The Apprentice 2012 Series 8 Profile

The BBC Apprentice series returns to our screens this year, kicking off on March 21th.
Meet Katie Wright from London, one of this year’s Apprentice candidates who will compete for the £250,000 investment fund from Lord Sugar and to become Lord Sugar’s business partner.

Katie Wright The Apprentice 2012

Name: Katie Wright

Age: 26
Occupation: Editorial and Research Director
Lives: London.

Katie is a huge football fan and loves to attend Fulham football matches. Katie, who got married last year, admits to talking too much but feels she can get on with anyone. Her first job was as a pot washer in a French restaurant when she was 13. Katie wishes she was the brains behind Heinz Baked Beans and says that she admires Barack Obama for his charisma.

She says: “I would call myself ‘The Blonde Assassin’. I let people underestimate me just so I can blow them out of the water.”

See Katie’s audition video below:


The Apprentice 2012 Candidates:

  • tom gearing
  • Ricky Martin
  • Stephen Brady
  • Nick Holzherr
  • Michael Copp
  • Duane Bryan
  • Adam Corbally
  • Azhar Siddique
  • Maria O’Connor
  • Laura Hogg
  • Katie Wright
  • Jenna Whittingham
  • Jane McEvoy
  • Jade Nash
  • Gabrielle Omar
  • Bilyana Apostolova