Fox has revealed the identities and details of the sixteen young entrepreneurs who will compete on Richard Branson's upcoming The Rebel Billionaire: Branson's Quest For The Best reality series.
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Premiering Tuesday, November 9 at 8PM ET/PT with a special two-hour debut, The Rebel Billionaire will feature Branson jetting the would-be moguls around the world in order to relive some of the personal experiences and challenges that helped shape the flamboyant self-made billionaire.
Contestants will be eliminated at each stop of the worldwide adventure, with the final remaining contestant winning what Fox is terming the "biggest prize in reality TV history" -- $1,000,000 and Branson's job as president of his Virgin Worldwide conglomerate.
The sixteen contestants competing on The Rebel Billionaire are:
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• Gabriel Baldinucci, 34, a real estate investor currently residing in Miami Beach, FL. The co-owner of three pizza parlors by the age of 19, Gabriel graduated from Duke University and obtained his MBA from Stanford.
• Steve Berke, 23, a tennis pro currently residing in North Miami, FL. A recent Yale graduate, Steve is the president of a real estate management and investment firm.
• Sarah Blakely, 33, the owner/CEO of Spanx, Inc., a national women's apparel company based in Atlanta, GA.
• Aisha Krump, 27, a married pharmaceutical sales representative from Chicago, IL.
• Jennifer, 24, a radio advertising executive living in Philadelphia, PA, who will be traveling outside the United States for the first time.
• Nicole Harvat, 31, a labor attorney from San Francisco, CA, who worked her way through law school as a model.
• Sam, 24, a financial analyst residing in San Jose, CA.
• Tim Hudson, 30, a trial attorney from Chicago, IL.
• Jermaine Jamieson, 30, a married technology sales specialist/inspirational speaker from Kansas City, KS.
• Heather Maclean, 31, a married mother of two from Chicago, IL. Heather is a graduate of Princeton University and currently is the CEO of a video production company that produces educational videos for children.
• Jessica McCann, 27, former owner of an internet/phone sales company, currently living in Washington, DC.
• Shawn Nelson, 27, the married CEO of The Love Sac Corporation, a national retail chain based in Salt Lake City, UT.
• Spencer, 27, a car salesman from Austin, TX.
• Candida Tolentino, 30, owner of a raw foods company from Orange County, CA.
• Erica Vilardi, 28, a model from Los Angeles, CA.
• Michael Zindell, 28, a Wall Street strategist living in New York City.