MUMBAI: Martha Stewart has announced that she will tap her daughter Alexis Stewart and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSLO) board chairman Charles Koppelman, to be her advisors on US broadcaster NBC’s The Apprentice: Martha Stewart.
Alexis Stewart, a consultant to MSLO, and Koppelman will serve as Martha’s “eyes and ears” during each week’s task and will join her in the conference room to counsel her on which candidate should be sent home. The show kicks off in September.
Martha Stewart says, “Charles Koppelman and Alexis Stewart, my daughter and colleague, are a dynamic duo with me in the conference room. No one knows me better than Alexis and she understands my way of conducting business and dealing with people. Charles brings the expertise of a legendary entrepreneur to the conference room each week.”
Alexis Stewart said, “As the original ‘Apprentice’ it’s an honour to join my mother each week in the conference room. Having contributed to almost every aspect of her business empire, I know first hand what it will take for one of these 16 candidates to win the competition and I’m not afraid to call them out in the conference room.”
Koppelman says, “During the course of my career, I have been shoulder to shoulder with some impressive, powerful people, none more so than Martha Stewart. The world knows of her unsurpassed creativity, but to sit with her in any room, to watch her in action, reasoning, listening, making decisions, is to understand how bright she is, how good she is at the business of being Martha Stewart. What sitting with Martha and Alexis in the conference room of The Apprentice demonstrates is how much fun she is too. Being on The Apprentice’ with the Stewart ladies, has been a highlight of my professional life.”