- Source of Wealth: Business
- Age: 45
- Birth Place: Washington, DC
- Height: 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: March 30, 1974
- Occupation: Entrepreneur, Professional Speaker and Media Personality
- Education: Harvard Business School,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Before his appearance in the reality TV series The Apprentice, Kwame Jackson worked in Goldman Sachs, a Wall Street Investment House. In this series, contestants are given the opportunity to work under the famous, Donald Trump, a real estate mogul. The New York City-based entrepreneur, professional speaker and media personality became polished, confidence and credentialed with prestigious Wall Street experience and business lessons he learned after facing more than 22 million people each week in the NBC hit show. He was among the top two contenders of television series. He ranked second after his failure to get the cooperation of Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth.
After taking his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School, Kwame Jackson went to Harvard Business School to complete his Master’s degree in Business Administration.He co-founded several internet startups while he was still at Harvard. He also had sales and marketing roles at Procter & Gamble and served as the Chairman of the Legacy Holdings, a holding company in charge of his diverse entrepreneurial ventures. Recently, he became part of Goldman Sachs as one of its investment managers.
In 2004, Jackson made it both to People’s Magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People and its 50 Hottest Bachelors list. However, before he rose to fame, he was a businessman first.