Named "The Apprentice," as winner of the talent search of over 215,000 candidates and against 15 other contestants to run one of billionaire Donald Trump's companies and earn an annual salary of $250,000.
Founder of cigarsaroundtheworld.com eight years ago in a 400 square foot studio apartment, it has grown into a multi-million dollar national operation and made him a millionaire.
Applied to be on "The Bachelor" (2002) prior to participating in "The Apprentice" (2004).
Got a bachelors degree from Loyola University in Chicago.
He is Irish and Croatian
Bill Rancic Detailed Biography -
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.
Rancic was born in Chicago, Illinois, grew up in the suburb Orland Park, to a Croatian-Irish family.
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 Ranic'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.
