Yasmina Siadatan (born 1981) is a British businesswoman of British and Iranian descent. She was the winner of the fifth series of the British television show The Apprentice. As the winner, she was offered a job working for businessman Alan Sugar, who presents the show.
Siadatan was born in Hull in 1981.[1] She attended Kendrick School, Reading[2] and later studied economic history at the London School of Economics.
In 2007 with the help of her brother she set up the Myalacarte restaurant in Caversham, Reading.[3] This closed in 2017 since when a pizza restaurant has been on the site.[4]
In 2009, Siadatan entered The Apprentice as one of sixteen contestants in its fifth series. She reached the final where she competed against Kate Walsh and was eventually hired as Alan Sugar's apprentice, taking a £100,000-a-year job with his company, Amscreen,[5] where 2008's winner, Lee McQueen worked at the time.[6]
A year after The Apprentice ended a relationship with a colleague resulted in her getting pregnant.[7]