Claude Littner

Claude Littner (born 4 May 1949) is a British-American business executive and the former chairman of Viglen, Powerleague and ASCO, and former chief executive of Tottenham Hotspur. He is also known from his appearances on the British version of The Apprentice, interviewing for his former boss Alan Sugar. He became one of Sugar's aides from the 2015 series onwards. 2Early life Littner was born in New York City 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 immigrated to the United Kingdom soon after Littner's birth. Littner holds joint British and American nationality, and is fluent in both French and Spanish. He is a practising Jew. 2Career After training as an accountant, 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 companie