"Apprentice" star Kwame Jackson to speak March 20

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Kwame Jackson, a Charlotte native who was one of the breakout stars of the first season of the hit TV show "The Apprentice," will share hishis "Lessons from the Boardroom" with UNC Charlotte students on Tuesday, March 20.

Jackson's appearance is part of UNC Charlotte's Conversations in Leadership series andis co-sponsored by the Belk College of Business. The eventwill take place in McKnight Hall in the Cone University Center at 7:00 PM There is no charge to attend.

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From Kwame Jackson's website:

Kwame Jackson is polished, confident and credentialed with prestigious Wall Street experience, a degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Harvard M.B.A., and business lessons he learned from Donald Trump in front of 22 million people each week, on the hit show “The Apprentice.”

Although he was flattered to make both People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People and its 50 Hottest Bachelors list in 2004, Kwame is a businessman first!

His professional experience includes sales and marketing roles at Procter & Gamble and, most recently, on Wall Street as an Investment Manager for Goldman Sachs. It was his no nonsense attitude and ability to be a team leader that made him stand out on "The Apprentice" and it is his affable nature and street smarts that make him stand out in life.

Kwame Jackson is the highest paid and most in-demand speaker amongst those in reality television. He continues to be courted by major television networks, fashion houses, sports teams, marketers, advertisers, community, civic and political leaders for his input and expertise. He regularly addresses universities, aspiring entrepreneurs and executive management teams at the world's leading companies on various topics such as leadership, team building, surviving while thriving in corporate America and the importance of being an entrepreneur.