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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 14, 2005) - Television star Kwame Jackson - the first runner-up from the inaugural season of NBC’s “The Apprentice” - will be the distinguished guest speaker Tuesday, Feb. 15th at the prestigious London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in the United Kingdom. Jackson is the first African American to be hosted by the LSE Student Union Business Society, known for its outstanding reputation of academic excellence. Jackson, who along with two business partners, has started his own development company, Legacy Holdings LLC, will speak to the LSE Business Society about entrepreneurship, globalization and commercial diplomacy. After his presentation, Jackson is scheduled to meet with members of the British Parliament and various London media outlets. Jackson resigned from his job at the prestigious Goldman Sachs to pursue “The Apprentice” show opportunity where some 40 million Americans watched the show’s finale. His knowledge, professionalism and steady charm, distinguished him from the crowd vying to win a position on billionaire developer Donald Trump’s staff. While Jackson was the runner up, he has since become reality TV’s highest-paid and most sought after speaker. He is a regular on the college speaking circuit and has made presentations to several Fortune 500 companies’ executives including American Express, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and General Electric. Jackson continues to leverage his reality TV fame and celebrity capital to begin pursuing business opportunities. Legacy Holdings - founded with business partners Dave Smith and Erik Moses - announced their plan last fall to partner with two other firms on an estimated $3.8 billion mixed-used real estate development called Rosewood located on 500 acres just outside of his native Washington, D.C. The development will include homes, offices, restaurants and stores. More than 40,000 people visit his website, www.kwamejackson.com, monthly. He’s appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers including: Fortune, Money, Entrepreneur, Black Enterprise, Vanity Fair, The Washington Post, New York Times and the Wall Street Journal among others. People magazine named him one of America’s 50 Most Beautiful People for 2004. A British version of "The Apprentice" is set to debut this spring.
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