“The Apprentice” Winners—Where are They and What are They up to Now?
“The Apprentice” Winners—Where are They and What are They up to Now? by Roxanne McDonald
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Before we get into season 6 of “The Apprentice,” which airs on Sunday, January 7th, let’s visit the apprentices/winners past—to see what they’ve been doing. |
Season 1: BILL RANCIC
Dubbed the “original” apprentice, Bill Rancic has had his contracts renewed several times.
Job responsibilities/titles: Executive and other duties have included overseeing the construction of Trump Tower in Chicago, “strategic development of other Trump properties across the country and in Mexico,” and, as you likely know, boardroom consultant on “The Apprentice” seasons
following the first, specifically seasons 4 and 5, sitting in for George Ross and/or Carolyn Kepcher.
Authorship: As well, Bill has penned the book, You’re Hired: How To Succeed in Business and Life.
Season 2: KELLY PERDEW
Job responsibilities/titles: managing director for Angel Venture Partners (according to Wikipedia), co-developer of eTeamz, and member on the social networking site Zaadz.com, Kelly hosts “G.I. Factory” (on the Military Channel) and has founded American Family Protection, Inc., a company providing “government approved training modules to US families on how to respond to a terrorist attack.”
Authorship: Take Command: 10 Leadership Principles Learned in the Military and Put To Work For Donald Trump, a book which despite its military angle emphasizes life and business leadership principles for the professional.
Season 3: KENDRA TODD
Job responsibilities/titles: Not only the first female but the youngest to be “hired” by Trump, Kendra manages Trump’s Palm Beach Mansion project in Palm Beach, Florida. Besides being the recap writer at NBC.com for the earlier episodes of “The Apprentice: Martha Stewart,” she also appears as Agent 53 on “My House,” Florida’s #1 real-estate-investment radio talk show; has appeared in the Billy Blanks Tae-Bo infomercial; and sits on the judges’ panel of the Real Estate Apprentice Foundation, which Wikipedia writers describe as “a grant program helping 5,000 newly licensed real estate agents every year to succeed in real estate.”
Authorship: Risk and Grow Rich: How to Make Millions in Real Estate, which Kendra co-authored with Charles Andrews, offers both entrepreneurial and future-planning advice and information for everyone from business execs to parents saving for their kids’ college tuitions.
Season 4: RANDALL PINKETT
Job responsibilities/titles: While he is often known as the one who denied Rebecca Jarvis the opportunity to be co-apprentice (when Trump offered to hire both finalists), Randall Pinkett continues to make Trump proud as a member of the Trump Organization’s Trump Entertainment Resorts, overseeing the $110 million renovation of three New Jersey properties–Trump Taj Mahal, Trump Plaza and Trump Marina; managing an IT upgrading project; and
participating in PR and community relations for Trump Entertainment’s “proposed expansion into Philadelphia.”
Randall is also the founder, president, and CEO of BCT Partners, LLC, which his resume defines as a “management consulting, information technology consulting and policy consulting firm that works with corporations, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations to improve organizational effectiveness and support strategies for change.”
Authorship: Rhodes scholar Dr. Randall Pinkett has authored Campus CEO: The Student Entrepreneur’s Guide to Launching a Multimillion Dollar Business and Black Faces in White Places: 10 Steps for African-Americans to Redefine the Game, the latter of which he co-wrote with Jeffrey Robinson.
Season 5: SEAN YAZBECK
Job responsibilities/titles: The first “non-American” (hailing originally from London, England) to win “The Apprentice,” Sean Yazbeck—former broker and director of business development for a recruitment consultancy registered on the London Stock Exchange—was hired to manage “the proposed 45-story, 400-plus unit Trump International Hotel and Tower Soho, at 246 Spring Street [at Varick],” according to Tom Acitelli on his blog, The New York Observer.
So… it will be exciting to see who wins “The Apprentice” 6 and how he or she stands up to the past winners. Will he be a first…? Will she be a most…? What superlative will we witness next, I wonder?
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