Tim Campbell, 31
Company: The Bright Ideas Trust
Web: www.brightideastrust.com
Tim Campbell has come a long way since winning the first series of The Apprentice. Last year, he left his six-figure salary job at Amstrad to launch The Bright Ideas Trust, and it’s proving to be a triumph. Supported by a range of corporate partners, the trust aims to unlock the entrepreneurial talent in Britain’s young people, aged 16-30, by investing in their business ideas in return for an equity stake. Unlike other VCs, any return goes back to the trust to help other young start-ups. One of the government’s social enterprise ambassadors, Campbell has already attracted funding from some of the UK’s biggest companies to kick-start the venture, while trustees include The Big Issue chairman Nigel Kershaw and restaurateur Iqbal Wahhab.