Meet Apprentice candidate Danny Grant: "People say I look like Will Smith"
Meet the semi-pro footballer hoping to score Lord Sugar's business investment
The Apprentice 2017 candidates: Danny Grant
Age: 32
Occupation: Owner, Online Retail Store
Lives: Kent
Twitter: @dannygrant85
Most ridiculous quote: "People have said to me in the past that I look like Will Smith"
Who is Danny Grant?
Semi-pro footballer for Southern Counties East League Premier Division side Chatham Town FC, Danny used to be somewhat of a jet-setter. Speaking to Kent News, he said: “I spent 10 years travelling, building helicopters and Formula One cars for the likes of Ferrari and McLaren,"
There's also a chance Danny will pay attention to his figures during the process – he was a pupil at Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School.
Since early 2016, he's been the owner of Kaicom, an online water filtration, air filtration and cosmetics site.
What can we expect from Danny?
Plenty of glorious disorder. Grant admits to being disorganised and regularly leaving things to the last minute. And he’s also said he’s not a "doormat" and can rub people up the wrong way "because the truth is hard to hear". We can’t wait to see him in action.
The Apprentice airs Wednesdays at 9pm on BBC1
Authors
Thomas is Digital editor at BBC Science Focus. Writing about everything from cosmology to anthropology, he specialises in the latest psychology, health and neuroscience discoveries. Thomas has a Masters degree (distinction) in Magazine Journalism from the University of Sheffield and has written for Men’s Health, Vice and Radio Times. He has been shortlisted as the New Digital Talent of the Year at the national magazine Professional Publishers Association (PPA) awards. Also working in academia, Thomas has lectured on the topic of journalism to undergraduate and postgraduate students at The University of Sheffield.