This is where The Apprentice 2023 winner is now and what she's doing
The Apprentice's latest season is right around the corner with a new batch of contestants hoping to walk away with a £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar.
With not long to go, the Mirror looks back at 2023's winner Marnie Swindells - who came out on top despite being on the losing team four times. She was also taken to the boardroom on three of those four occasions. Her hard work and determination paid off as the 29-year-old was soon crowned the winner.
London-born court advocate Marnie is a gold medal-winning boxer who snowballed her passion into an innovative business idea that she hoped would get Lord Sugar's investment. After taking home the prize, she focused on investing the prize money into her passion.
The star and businesswoman used the money to open her own boxing gym, Bronx, in south London. Marnie got the keys to the site of her gym in 2019 but wasn't able to start trading until February 2023 due to problems with the property lease and the council.
As written on the Bronx website, the gym "was born from the realisation that boxing clubs are about so much more than boxing, they are about unearthing your potential, discovering opportunities and finding a sense of belonging that extends far beyond boxing".
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Marnie is still business partners with Lord Alan Sugar (PA)
The businesswoman and her fiancé at the Bronx site (instagram/@marnieswindells)The 6,000-square-foot gym is in the heart of Camberwell and includes a competition ring, punching bags, mirrored walls to "perfect shadowboxing", and endless exercise equipment. According to the financial accounts of Bronx Boxing Limited, Marnie has gained around £210,000 in net assets.
As Marnie plans to further develop the gym, she's set to earn even more money. Out of all The Apprentice winners, Marnie and Dr Leah Totton are the only two winners from the previous 10 seasons who are still working closely with Lord Alan Sugar. He's even visited the London gym.
Sugar was appointed as a director of Bronx Boxing Limited in May 2023. On January 1, Marnie took to Instagram to share a montage clip of all her achievements in 2023. Clips included her at red-carpet events, awards shows, boxing events, and at her own gym's grand opening.
She also shared videos of her and her team celebrating the completion of her gym. She wrote: "2023 I did that." A few weeks later, Marnie shared a carousel of photos from her romantic holiday with her fiancé Michael Harris. Her boyfriend works closely with her as he's a personal trainer and boxing coach at the gym.
After winning last year's competition, she took to Instagram to thank everyone for their support as she posed with Lord Sugar in a post. "@lord_sugar I want to thank you for gracing me with the opportunity that thousands of people would kill for. I understand the magnitude of what it means and it's an honour that I will never take lightly, you have my word," she said.
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