Kwame Jackson
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 Kwame Jackson |
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| Born: |  Washington, DC, USA |
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| Occupation: | Investment Manager, Chairman |
| Website: | KwameJackson.com |
Kwame Jackson of New York, New York, was one of the two final candidates on Donald Trump's American television reality series The Apprentice. His second place finish was due to his failure to competently deal with Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, a fellow contestant selected by Jackson to work under him during the final episode. His prize was a job as a judge for the Miss Universe pageant, a position he was quickly fired from after inadvertently meeting some contestants in a hotel lobby, a violation of pageant rules.
Although born in Washington, D.C., Jackson was raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, which he considers his hometown. Jackson has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University. Jackson's business experience includes work with Internet start-ups, sales and marketing at Procter & Gamble and investment management at Goldman Sachs.
Jackson also spends time as a guest speaker at conferences, including the 2004 Future Business Leaders of America national conference in Denver. He was also the keynote speaker at the annual "High School Entrepreneurship Conference" organized by the Young Entrepreneurs Clubs of the Horace Mann School and Dalton School.
Jackson is currently chairman of Legacy Holdings LLC, which among other things is building a multi-billion dollar real estate project near Washington, D.C. Kwame Jackson is chairman of Legacy Holdings LLC, with David J. Smith (CEO) and Erik A. Moses (COO). Rosewood is a $3.8 billion dollar, 500 acre, residential real estate development.
