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Born (1994-08-14) 14 August 1994 (age 30)
Oxford, England
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, Journalist
Known forYoung Apprentice

Harry Robert Stuart Maxwell (born 14 August 1994)[1] is a British new media journalist, entrepreneur and former reality television participant, from Northamptonshire, United Kingdom.

Maxwell first entered the public eye as the breakout star of British television programme, Young Apprentice. Maxwell finished 3rd in the second series of the show and became the biggest survivor from any global production of The Apprentice.[2]

Since exiting the show, Maxwell has remained in the public eye by working extensively as a presenter and blogger, regularly for Yahoo! since April 2012[3] and ad-hoc for other publications such as Reveal Magazine[4] and Huffington Post.[5]

Maxwell has also continued to pursue business interests and has been described as 'one of the The Apprentice's biggest success stories' by British press.[6]

Education

Harry Maxwell was privately educated and studied at both Spratton Hall preparatory school in Northamptonshire and Rugby School in Warwickshire.

Maxwell achieved 9 A* grades in his GCSEs and took A-Levels in Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Geography, Economics and Extended Project.[7][8]

Maxwell boarded during term time and lived with his mother during the holidays.[9] The fees for a boarder while Maxwell was at Rugby School were £9,725 per term.[10]

Maxwell is currently studying Geography with Economics BSc (Hons) at the London School of Economics, where his studies have been sponsored by Ernst & Young.[11]

Career

Reality Television

Over October to December 2011, Maxwell competed in BBC1's Young Apprentice. At age 16, Maxwell survived seven out of eight weeks in the business process and exited in a semi-final twist where all the losing team were fired[12]. In every single task, Maxwell was placed on the losing team and thus for remaining in the process, despite losing seven tasks consecutively, he set and still holds the record for survival in any global production of The Apprentice.[13][14]

Referred to as 'Harry M', to tell him apart from another candidate, Harry Hitchens, Maxwell was nicknamed 'the lovechild of Boris Johnson and Justin Bieber'[15] and 'Posh Harry'[16] by British press. Celebrities including Greg James[17], Dan Wootton[18], Will Cozens[19], Chris Moyles[20] and Gary Wilson (cricketer)[21] tweeted their support for Harry during the process, while Judy Murray described him as 'smug' and 'hopes he gets his come uppance'[22].

Journalism

Business Ventures

At age 11, Maxwell started his first venture, 'Tiger Tickets', retailing spare club class Wembley Stadium tickets on behalf of ticket holders, sourcing customers via the internet and charging commission.

He then discontinued the business and went on to intern at Daily Mail (age 15) before launching LetsGetReal.co.uk (age 16). The website would source properties on behalf of people looking to move home for a fee.

Maxwell sold the business to a Chinese domain broker for an undisclosed sum and then launched LuxuryFiveStarHotelGuide.com.[23] The website was the only directory to feature all of England's 5* hotels and charged hotels a 12% commission for bookings. The website is no longer in operation today.[24]

Personal Life

Filmography

  • Young Apprentice, 2011-2012, 8 appearances from 24 October 2011 to 12 December 2012
  • The Exclusives, 2012, 7 appearances from 17 May 2012 to 28 June 2012

[25]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "It's my birthday, bitch - Harry Maxwell - Young Apprentice". Facebook. 2012-08-13. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  2. ^ McGarry, Lisa (2013-05-26). "THE APPRENTICE'S HARRY MAXWELL AUDITIONS FOR SIMON COWELL'S YOU GENERATION". Unreality TV. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  3. ^ White, Julia (2013-05-08). "Harry Maxwell vlogs on the new series of The Apprentice". Yahoo!. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  4. ^ "Harry Maxwell - Celebrity News - Reveal". Reveal. 2013-07-30. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  5. ^ "Harry Maxwell". Huffington Post. 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  6. ^ McGarry, Lisa (2012-11-01). "EXCLUSIVE! Young Apprentice 2012: Before the new series kicks off we catch up with Harry Maxwell and find out what he's doing with Demi Moore!". Unreality TV. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  7. ^ "Harry Maxwell's Contributor Profile". Yahoo. 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
  8. ^ "BBC One - Young Apprentice, Series 2 - Harry Maxwell". BBC. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
  9. ^ "Teenage schoolboy Harry in running for Alan Sugar's Apprentice prize". Daventry Express. 2011-10-28. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
  10. ^ "What would Lord Sugar say? Young Apprentice Harry Maxwell caught swigging champagne in royal haunt Mahiki". Mail Online. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
  11. ^ Fletcher, Alex (2012-10-30). "Exclusive: 'Young Apprentice': Where Are They Now? - Last year's final six". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
  12. ^ Howell, Jordan (2012-01-11). "Harry Maxwell". imediamonkey. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  13. ^ McGarry, Lisa (2013-05-26). "THE APPRENTICE'S HARRY MAXWELL AUDITIONS FOR SIMON COWELL'S YOU GENERATION". Unreality TV. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  14. ^ "Interview with Harry Maxwell, from BBC's Young Apprentice". Shell LiveWIRE. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
  15. ^ Fletcher, Alex (2011-10-24). "'Young Apprentice' Episode 1 recap: 'I'm Captain Vanilla'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  16. ^ Evans, Jacki (2011-11-01). "'Young Apprentice: Posh Harry Is Better Than You All". Hecklerspray. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  17. ^ James, Greg (2011-11-14). "Twitter/ gregjames". Twitter. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
  18. ^ Wootton, Dan (2011-11-21). "Twitter/ danwootton". Twitter. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
  19. ^ Cozens, Will (2012-05-18). "Twitter/ willcozens". Twitter. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
  20. ^ Moyles, Chris (2011-11-21). "Twitter/ chrismoyles". Twitter. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
  21. ^ Wilson, Gary (2011-11-21). "Twitter/ gwilson14". Twitter. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
  22. ^ Murray, Judy (2011-11-14). "Twitter/ judmoo". Twitter. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  23. ^ "Harry Maxwell". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  24. ^ "Interview: London Local, Harry Maxwell". The Fetch. 2012-05-30. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  25. ^ IMDB Harry Maxwell actor

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