Sean Yazbeck
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| Born: | 1972 London, England |
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| Occupation: | Director of Sales |
| Website: | SeanYazbeck.com |
Sean Yazbeck (born 1972 in London, England) is a businessman, actor, and the winner of the fifth season of the reality show, The Apprentice, where candidates compete in several tasks on a 15-week "job interview" for a position in one of billionaire Donald Trump's companies. He is the first non-American to be selected during the run of The Apprentice.
As winner of The Apprentice, Yazbeck, was selected by Donald Trump to oversee development of the 5 star hotel condominium, Trump SoHo, in New York City’s SoHo district. Since taking over the project in the summer of 2006 Yazbeck’s role has included overseeing negotiations on all acquisitions and purchases for this $500 million project.
Yazbeck appears in season 6 of the The Apprentice as a Boardroom Advisor to Mr. Trump and he is also the national TV and Radio Spokesperson for the Trump Institute. He is additionally a member of the Trump University Faculty.
A British national, Yazbeck, was awarded the EB1 Green Card for "persons of extraordinary ability" in 2005 for his multiple years of sales experience brokering multimillion-dollar deals with Fortune 500 companies in over 20 countries. He currently resides in New York, New York and keeps a home in Miami Beach, Florida.[1]
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[edit] Childhood
Yazbeck was born and raised in London, England. His mother is Irish and his father is Lebanese. Yazbeck's secondary education was at the William Ellis School, a comprehensive school for boys in Camden Town. Yazbeck credits the diversity of cultures and peoples in Camden with giving him the experiences to deal so successfully with all kinds of people, as seen in his Apprentice performance.[2] Yazbeck graduated top of his year from Southampton Solent University, with first-class honours.
[edit] Acting
In addition to his other work, Yazbeck acts and is a member of the Screen Actors Guild. It was while he was attending Sylvia Young's Theatre School in London that he made his acting debut at the age of 14 on the BBC soap opera, Eastenders (1985). He later played the lead role in the film Night Shift (2002) which won awards at The Made in Miami Film Festival (2002) and The Palm Beach International Film Festival (2002). His appearance on The Apprentice led to Jeffrey Katzenberg casting Yazbeck in the role of BBQ Barry in the Dreamworks film Over the Hedge.
Since appearing on The Apprentice, Yazbeck has hosted his own show "Reality Trailblazers" on the TV Guide Channel and has appeared on numerous shows such as Miss Universe, Live with Regis and Kelly, 1 vs. 100, Soap Talk and Identity.
[edit] Apprentice Season 5
Yazbeck was unbeaten as Project Manager and was chosen by Donald Trump to be the next Apprentice during the show's live finale in Los Angeles. According to Trump, Sean overwhelmingly won the audience opinion poll, the first ever conducted for an Apprentice finale.
In Week 1 (Sam's Club), Yazbeck's salesmanship amazed his teammates. This was an important contribution to the team's win, as the opposing team lost by just 3 memberships.
In many tasks, Yazbeck was hard-working and often involved in late night work. This strategy played a major role in the win for Week 10’s Hair Cuttery event, where a major factor in the win was the attendance of Synergy’s event as compared to that of the opposing team.
In Week 13 (Embassy Suites), Yazbeck's opponent in the finale of the Apprentice, Lee Bienstock, served as the project manager. Bienstock's win in this task was partially attributed to Bienstock heeding Yazbeck’s fashion sense. One of the judges, Ivanka Trump, a former fashion model, stated that even she learned things about fashion from Sean.
In the final task, Sean was chosen to oversee a Barenaked Ladies charity concert, sponsored by Pontiac, to benefit the World Wildlife Fund. The judges felt that his choice of teammates and amount of pre-planning was impressive. In a touch that was appreciated by Trump when contrasted with this opponent's failure to do the same in his task, Yazbeck was able to meet Trump’s helicopter, a difficult feat in the context of the overwhelming nature of these final tasks.
For winning the final task and being "hired" as Trump's Apprentice, Sean chose to oversee the Trump International Hotel and Tower (SoHo), with a starting contract time of one year and a yearly salary exceeding $250,000. He is currently their Director of Sales. He was also given an immediate reward for being hired by Trump--a new Pontiac G6 Hardtop Convertible, mirroring Kendra Todd's reward of a Pontiac Solstice.
[edit] Apprentice Postmortem
In The Apprentice 6 Yazbeck serves as a boardroom judge for the El Pollo Loco task and the Sue Bee Honey task.
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[edit] Footnotes
- ^ NBC staff (2006). Candidates:Sean - Bio NBC.com (accessed May 22, 2006).
- ^ Sunday Times (2006). [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-2219970_1,00.html (accessed June 12, 2006)
[edit] External links
- Sean Yazbeck at the Internet Movie Database
- The Apprentice Yahoo! Bio
- The Apprentice NBC Bio
- Sean Yazbeck's Faculty Bio at Trump University
| Preceded by Randal Pinkett |
The Apprentice Winners 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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| Season 6 (January 7, 2007): Season 7 (Dates to be determined during 2007-08 television season) |
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Season 1 (January 8–April 15, 2004): Bill Rancic, winner • Season 2 (September 9–December 16, 2004): Kelly Perdew, winner |
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Categories: The Apprentice 5 candidates | Living people | Reality show winners | 1972 births | People from London | Lebanese businesspeople | British businesspeople | Irish businesspeople | People of Irish descent in Great Britain | People from Miami | Alumni of Southampton Solent University | Reality television participants
