Randal Pinkett
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| Born | 1971 (age 45–46) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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Rutgers University, New Brunswick Keble College, Oxford Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Spouse(s) | Zahara |
| Children | Amira Leslie |
| Website | Official website |
Randal D. Pinkett (born 1971) is an American business consultant who in 2005 was the winner of season four of the reality television show, The Apprentice. Pinkett was the first African American to win the US version of The Apprentice.
With an educational background in engineering and business, Pinkett is both a Rhodes Scholar and a Walter Byers Scholar, holding five academic degrees. Before entering the reality show, Pinkett had already established a career in business, and had become co-founder of business consulting firm BCT Partners in 2001. As winner of the fourth season in December 2005, Pinkett undertook a yearlong apprenticeship with Trump Entertainment Resorts in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
After The Apprentice, Pinkett has continued as chairman and CEO of BCT Partners, while also acting as a public speaker and appearing on later editions of the show, and on CEO Exchange, and also entering politics.
Pinkett is the author of three books including
Pinkett graduated from Hightstown High School in Hightstown, New Jersey. Pinkett attended Rutgers University from 1989 to 1994, graduating summa cum laude with a BS in electrical engineering. Pinkett is the first African American from Rutgers to become a Rhodes Scholar. Pinkett went on to attend the University of Oxford from 1994 to 1996 as a member of Keble College, earning an MSc in computer science. He then attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1996 to 1998, graduating with a second MS, this time in electrical engineering, and an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management through the Leaders for Global Operations program. He continued his education at MIT, earning a PhD in media arts and sciences from the MIT Media Laboratory in 2001. Pinkett's PhD thesis was titled "Creating Community Connections: Sociocultural Constructionism and an Asset-Based Approach to Community Technology and Community Building."
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