Bill Rancic
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William Rancic (born 1972) is an American entrepreneur who was the first candidate hired in national television by The Trump Organization at the conclusion of the first season of Donald Trump's reality business show, The Apprentice.
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[edit] Early childhood
Rancic was born in Chicago, Illinois, grew up in the suburb Orland Park, of Croatian and Irish extraction.
Originally, his last name was spelled Rančić (pronounced Ran'tchich).
[edit] Collegiate years
Rancic attended Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois for his freshman year of college, majoring in Criminal Justice with a focus on going to Law School. During this time Rancic's father took a teaching job at Loyola University Chicago, allowing Rancic the free tuition benefit enjoyed by all dependents of faculty members.
During his college years Rancic worked at FAO Schwartz as a security guard who was focused on preventing shoplifting.
[edit] The Apprentice
Rancic was one of the job applicants in The Apprentice 1 during the spring of 2004, as one of sixteen contestants. Rancic was ultimately hired at the conclusion of the fourteen-week job interview after Donald Trump fired Kwame Jackson for not re-firing Omarosa for her false testimony throughout the final task.
As a result of being the first reality TV star to be hired on national television, Rancic had three minutes to decide which project to manage while on national television to an audience of nearly 60 million viewers. Rancic elected to take charge of the construction of the Trump Tower Chicago in his native Chicago, Illinois, on the site of the demolished Chicago Sun-Times building. The other option he had was to oversee and manage a new Trump National Golf Course and resort in Los Angeles, California. The Trump National course is a potential site for season 6 when it is filmed in Los Angeles during 2006.
[edit] Life after The Apprentice
Bill Rancic said that after his one-year contract expired for being Donald Trump's Apprentice, he would leave the job and start his own company. He instead has opted to remain part of the Trump Organization, and now fills in as a judge when George is away on business. This occurred very often during the fourth season. Rancic occasionally offers advisory sessions to winning teams to help them further improve.
One of his quotes as a Trump Organization Judge for The Apprentice candidates is: "That's the easy way out." Bill uses this quote to warn any candidate who makes a dumb business move that such moves could be fatal, as in the instance of Jennifer Crisafulli's poor decision making from The Apprentice 2.
Rancic reportedly exposed one of Gold Rush's fatal losing secrets during a boardroom session in Season 5 of The Apprentice when he chastised Bryce for being 25 minutes late for an important meeting with the Arby's executives, and Trump was surprised when Bill Rancic spilled the beans during the initial boardroom.
Bill Rancic is the first Apprentice hiree to ever host a Yahoo! Apprentice Blog, to Yahoo!, an Apprentice first.
Rancic is currently dating E! News co-host Giuliana DePandi.
[edit] Books by Bill Rancic
- You're Hired (2004) ISBN 0-06-076541-0
- Beyond The Lemonade Stand (2005) ISBN 1-59514-103-0
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The Apprentice Winners The Apprentice |
Succeeded by: Kelly Perdew |
| The Apprentice | |
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| Starring Donald Trump • Ivanka Trump • Donald Trump, Jr • Carolyn Kepcher • George H. Ross Mark Burnett, creator • Bill Rancic, frequent recurring character |
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| Past seasons | |
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Season 1 (January 8–April 15, 2004): Bill Rancic, winner • Season 2 (September 9–December 16, 2004): Kelly Perdew, winner • Season 3 (January 20–May 19, 2005): Kendra Todd, winner |
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| Current and future seasons | |
| Season 6 (January 7 2007): Angela Ruggiero • 17 unnamed candidates Season 7 (Dates to be determined during 2007-08 television season): |
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