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The Apprentice - series two - starts 9.00pm on Wednesday 22 February 2006 on 成人论坛 TWO
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Meet the boys
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Ansell Henry
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Age: 34
Qualifications: Left school at 16 to join Millwall FC
Career: Sales Manager
Home Town: Brighton (born London)
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Ansell sees himself as a decision maker, a tough character and a "constant overachiever"
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He says that he entered the series "to test myself against the best because I don't have a great educational background."
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At 16 he joined Millwall FC where he went from being a schoolboy player to a professional player in four years.
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He says his character and experience are more than a match for anyone's academic abilities.
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"I look imposing," he explains, "I could be a bouncer as opposed to someone walking into an office.
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"People will see that but they'll see that I am a person who can stop things kicking off. I can calm people down."
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He says: "One of the things many people fear on The Apprentice is standing up and having to sell to a complete stranger, but I do that for a living."
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Ben Stanberry
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Age: 33
Qualifications: Master's degree in Law
Career: IT Consultant
Home Town: Richmond, Surrey
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Ben describes himself as an optimist, having beaten cancer prior to appearing on the show.
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"How tough am I? I'm very tough," he warns.
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He is a straightforward character who doesn't suffer fools gladly, explaining: "I'm impatient with people who I think are too egotistical or self pitying."
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He is up front about his lack of sales experience but thinks he can overcome this because "I'm really thick-skinned".
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He says: "Sir Alan is exactly as I expected. I admire and respect him. That doesn't mean I like him."
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Mani Sandler
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Age: 39
Qualifications: BSc in Physics
Career: Management Consultant
Home Town: London (born Leamington Spa)
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Confident and temperamental, Mani sees himself as a perfectionist and an "outstanding consultant" and claims the most challenging aspect of The Apprentice is sharing a bedroom with people who snore.
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Mani says he was "not at all surprised" to be selected for the show and feels he cannot lose.
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He runs his own business facilitating executive team-building and three years ago set up a speed-dating company, SpeedFlirt, that is still running profitably, although he is now a silent partner.
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He says: "I think people who know me well and my current clients will be quite surprised at how pushy and aggressive I can get."
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Paul Tulip
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Age: 26
Qualifications: Degree in Business and Sport
Career: Head Hunter
Home Town: Leeds
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In spite of being one of the youngest apprentices Paul has had a number of jobs and considers himself a versatile character and reckons he is a "natural performer".
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He believes he combines this instinctive sense of fun with a serious attitude to business and an aggressive sales technique.
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"I always like to put myself up on a stage to see how well I can do," he says. "And I have always been successful."
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He says: "People have said I should be on stage as a career. I have always stepped up to the mic, and I think that will come across: Everyone should have a Paul in the house."
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Samuel Judah
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Age: 35
Qualifications: Degree in Manufacturing Engineering
Career: Product Developer
Home Town: Buckhurst Hill (born London)
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Samuel has worked at Ford for 11 years full-time and four years part-time.
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He is "a self-improvement junkie" and an accomplished martial artist with a black belt in Jujitsu and wing chun.
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He says he love "testing myself to breaking point and seeing what happens", in any scenario.
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He thinks his fighting skills will be an asset on the show because: "You learn about dealing with multiple assailants, you can't panic and lose your head when that starts happening."
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He says: "I'm not there to entertain people, I don't give a sh*t about that. For me it's about business."
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Syed Ahmed
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Age: 31
Qualifications: HND in Business and Finance
Career: Entrepreneur
Home Town: London (born Bangladesh)
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Supremely confident, Syed is especially proud of his own record in business and when not making money he relaxes by flying planes.
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He cites an ability to think on his feet and strong powers of persuasion as two of his primary assets.
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Syed is an uncompromising character and is convinced he will be one of the highlights of the series.
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"Without doubt I think I will be the focal part of the show because I am passionate," he says.
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Previously he was a restaurant manager for the White Starline Group owned by Marco Pierre White.
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He says: "I've been a sort of hell-raiser over the past ten years and I think all that combined together has made me a business bad boy."
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Tuan Le
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Age: 27
Qualifications: nine GCSEs and two A Levels
Career: Financial Advisor
Home Town: Weston-super-Mare (born Saigon)
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Tuan and his family arrived in the UK in 1979 from Vietnam as refugees.
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He left education early to earn money to support his parents and has proved very successful in business.
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He is a self-confessed "computer nerd" who enjoys cars, bikes and admits to a weakness for expensive watches.
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Three years ago Tuan set up Tangent Performance, a car chauffeur service specialising in extreme super-cars such as Ferraris and Lamborghinis.
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He sees himself as a calming influence amongst his fellow candidiates and says he applied for the show because getting on it would make "a good pub story".
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Tuan joined Nationwide Building Society as a Customer Adviser and progressively worked his way up the company.
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He says: "I'm a short, bald Vietnamese guy that drives a Ferrari who's lived in a small seaside town all of my life."
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