{"id":130293,"date":"2023-09-18T17:59:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T17:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=130293"},"modified":"2023-09-18T17:59:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T17:59:31","slug":"i-worked-three-jobs-on-2-97-an-hour-scrubbed-hotel-loos-now-im-apprentices-most-successful-winner-with-15m-empire-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/tv-and-movies\/i-worked-three-jobs-on-2-97-an-hour-scrubbed-hotel-loos-now-im-apprentices-most-successful-winner-with-15m-empire-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I worked three jobs on \u00a32.97 an hour & scrubbed hotel loos\u2026 now I\u2019m Apprentice\u2019s most successful winner with \u00a315m empire | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
WITH his 'pop star name' and modest claim to be \u201cthe reflection of perfection\u201d, few predicted Ricky Martin would go on to win The Apprentice.<\/strong><\/p>\n
But the 38-year-old has just been named the BBC show\u2019s 'most successful' winner – with his company, Hyper Recruitment Solutions, turning over a whopping \u00a315million.<\/p>\n
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But his rise to the top wasn't easy, as Ricky grew up in a working-class family in Hampshire where "money was always tight".<\/p>\n
It instilled a strong work ethic, and as a teenager Ricky balanced three jobs \u2013 including one that paid \u00a32.97 per hour. He hasn't been unemployed since the age of 12.<\/p>\n
Ricky faced a crossroads in 2012 when he was forced to choose between taking a place on The Apprentice, or pursuing his other dream of becoming a professional wrestler.<\/p>\n
He made the "logical" decision, and ended up walking away with Lord Sugar's \u00a3250,000 investment – something he is "very grateful" for.<\/p>\n
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I left school aged 15… now I’m an Apprentice winner with fleet of supercars<\/h3>\n
Growing up, Ricky's dad worked in construction while his mum raised him and his two siblings.<\/p>\n
He says there was never any money to spare, and it taught him that if he wanted something, he needed to work to buy it himself.<\/p>\n
Ricky tells The Sun: \u201cI was a paper boy for about four years, I worked every morning seven days a week and on the weekends was up at 5am to do it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a point where I was stacking shelves in a shop, cleaning bathrooms and bedrooms in a hotel, and doing a paper round all at the same time.<\/p>\n
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