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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.

Early childhood

Rancic was born in Chicago, Illinois, grew up in the suburb Orland Park, of both Croatian and Irish heritage/descent.

Originally, his last name is spelled like Rančić (pronouncing Ran'tchich)

Collegate 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.

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 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 Series 6 when it is filmed in Los Angeles during 2006.

Life after The Apprentice

Bill Rancic said that after his 1-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.

Books by Bill Rancic

You're Hired (2004) ISBN 0060765410
Beyond The Lemonade Stand (2005) ISBN 1595141030

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