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看了apprentice的第二季，发现竟然没有系统的介绍各个选手的背景，就去网上查了一下，找到了英文版，我就顺便借助goole翻译了一下，给大家共享一下。

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Pamela (San Francisco, CA) Investment Firm Partner

Pamela, 32, is an accomplished and well-trained business executive who has founded two successful companies from the ground up. She holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. During the 1990s, she worked as an investment banker on Wall Street, underwriting IPOs and doing M&A advisory work for two top-tier investment banks. In 2000, Pamela founded Blazent, Inc. from her loft in San Francisco. Blazent has grown to become a successful enterprise software company, now with offices all across the country. After two years as the company's CEO, Pamela left Blazent to form Crimson Holdings, a private investment firm focused on real estate investments and equity hedge strategies. The Crimson Funds, including Crimson Advisors and Crimson BridgePoint Funds, have performed exceptionally well, and the Crimson family of funds is quickly becoming a leader in the management of alternative investments.

帕梅拉（旧金山，加利福尼亚州）投资公司合伙人

帕梅拉，32岁，是一位成功的和训练有素的企业主管，她白手起家创立了两个成功的公司。她拥有美国宾夕法尼亚大学经济学学士学位和哈佛商学院MBA学位。在90年代，她曾作为一个投资银行家在华尔街工作，承销首次公开发行，并为两家顶级投资银行的并购提供咨询。2000年，帕梅拉在她旧金山的阁楼中，创建了Blazent公司。 Blazent已经成为一个成功的软件公司企业，现在它的办事处遍布全国各地。做了该公司两年的首席执行官后，帕梅拉离开了Blazent，成立了深红控股公司，它是一个私人投资公司，以房地产投资和资产的对冲战略为重点。深红基金，包括了深红顾问和深红创业投资业基金，运作的异常好，并且深红家庭基金正迅速成为另类投资管理中的领导者。

 

Kelly (Carlsbad, CA) Software Executive

Kelly, 37, earned a BS degree in National Security and Public Affairs from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He earned an MBA from The Anderson School at UCLA and a JD from the UCLA School of Law simultaneously. After graduating from West Point, Kelly completed Ranger School and served two years as a Military Intelligence Officer in the US Army. Kelly raised over $5M in equity financing for three start-up companies, and as the acting President led the sale of one of those start-ups (eteamz.com: the largest amateur sports portal on the web at the time) for eight figures to a company that has since filed for an IPO. He is the Co-Founder and Chairman of a motor enthusiast community website called MotorPride.com, and is currently the President of CoreObjects, an outsourced software development company based in Los Angeles.

凯利（卡尔斯巴德，加利福尼亚州）软件公司总裁

凯利，37岁，曾经获得美国西点军校的国家安全与公共事务学理学学士，同时他还获得了加州大学洛杉矶安德森分校的MBA和加州大学洛杉矶分校的法律博士。从西点军校毕业后，他在Ranger工作了两年，之后又在美国军队服役。通过股权融资，凯利为三家初创企业筹集了500多万美元的资金，并担任一家初创企业的销售事务执行总裁(eteam.com:当时全球最大的体育门户网站），公司的销售额已经达到7位数字。目前，这家公司已经申请首次公开发型股票。他还是摩托车爱好者组织的一家网站合伙创始人兼董事长，该网站是MotorPride.com，凯利参赛时是CoreObjects的总裁，该公司位于洛杉矶，专门从事外包软件的开发。

 

Andy (Boca Raton, FL) Recent Harvard Graduate

Andy, 23, was born and raised in South Florida where he recognized early on what it would take to succeed in business. At the age of 13, Andy co-founded a concert package company that focused on both corporate and individual clients. As the youngest of four boys, Andy learned to use his speaking skills to defend himself at an early age. In 1999, he utilized those verbal skills to win the U.S. National Debate Championship in Commentary Speaking. Andy is a recent graduate of Harvard University, where he was a founding member of an organization dedicated to fighting infectious diseases in developing countries. A competitive tennis player, Andy is looking forward to continued success both in and out of the Boardroom.

安迪（博卡拉顿，佛罗里达州）刚从哈佛大学毕业的学生

安迪，23岁，出生并成长在南佛罗里达州提出的，他很早就意识到怎样才能成功创业。在13岁，安迪和别人共同创建了音乐会包装公司，致力于公司和个人的客户。作为四个男孩中最年轻的一个，安迪学会使用他的演讲技巧来从小捍卫自己。 1999年，他利用这些口头技能在评论演讲这一项赢得了全美辩论赛的冠军。安迪是一个刚从哈佛大学毕业的学生，在学校里他是一个致力于减少发展中国家的传染病的组织的创始成员，他也是一位有竞争力的网球选手。安迪期待着继续在会议室外和会议室内取得成功。

 

Chris (Long Island, NY) Stockbroker

Chris, 30, was raised in New York, and was an entrepreneur since he was 11. He started with a candy business, which followed with a landscaping business by 14. He sold flowers every holiday and Christmas trees in the winter. After being a stockbroker for 7 years, he opened his own firm. In less then 5 months he was ranked 13th out of a field of over a thousand brokers, and his branch was 8th out of 171. Perhaps most impressively, Chris has achieved all this with only a high school degree.

克里斯（长岛，纽约）股票经纪人

克里斯，30岁，他在纽约长大，从他11岁开始，他就是一个创业者了。他起初开展关于糖果的业务，然后在14岁的时候，从事于园艺业务，他在每个假日销售鲜花，并且在冬天卖圣诞树。做了7年股票经纪人后，他开了自己的公司。不到5个月，他就被列为包含一千多名经纪人领域的第13位，他的公司位列171位中的第八位。也许令人印象最深刻的是，克里斯仅凭高中学历就取得了这一切。

 

John (San Francisco, CA) Marketing Director

John, 24, has lived the majority of his life in the San Francisco Bay area. He attended University of California at Berkeley, where he graduated in 2003. While at Cal, John won three division one national titles in the sport of Rugby. After graduation, John submitted a business plan to an Automotive Magazine, The Rodder's Journal, where he was then hired as Marketing Director. John also co-founded a real-estate development company in San Francisco, and is currently in the midst of a number of projects. When not at the office, John spends the majority of his free time with his other passion, auto racing.

约翰（旧金山，加利福尼亚州）营销总监

约翰，24岁，他大部分时间都住在旧金山海湾地区。他进入了加州大学伯克利分校，并于2003年毕业。在加州的时候，约翰所在的橄榄球队获得了三个区域冠军和一个全国冠军。毕业后，约翰向一家汽车杂志提交了一份商业计划，然后他被聘为Rodder杂志的市场营销总监。约翰还在旧金山共同创办了一家房地产开发公司，目前已经接手了一些项目。当约翰不在办公室的时候，他把大部分的空闲时间花在了其他的激情上，例如赛车。

 

Kevin (Chicago, IL) Law Student

Kevin, 29, grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland and then went on to attend the Wharton School of Business. He gave up his pursuit of a professional football career when his brother was diagnosed with leukemia. He later received an MBA in M&A and Finance from Emory. He is currently working toward earning his law degree at the University of Chicago. He and his brother have founded their own software company.

凯文（芝加哥，长岛）法律学生

凯文，29岁，成长于马里兰州的银泉，进入了沃顿商学院。当他的弟弟被诊断为白血病时，他放弃了对职业足球生涯的追求。后来，他获得了埃默里并购及金融方面的工商管理硕士学位。他目前正在芝加哥大学的攻读法学学位。他和他的弟弟都成立了自己的软件公司。

 

Raj (Vail, CO/Philadelphia, PA) Real Estate Developer

Raj, 28, received his secondary education at The Hill School, a boarding school outside Philadelphia, and later earned degrees in both Economics and History from Boston College. Moving on from a successful stint in investment banking at the firm of Violy & Co. in New York, Raj founded Automovia Technology Partners at the age of 23. The company worked closely with some of the largest and most respected firms in the automotive industry to develop custom-built cutting-edge technology related to the valuation and distribution of pre-owned automobiles. After his time in the technology sector, Raj turned his focus to real estate and created Vanquish Enterprises. This led to the acquisition of a hotel, retail, and condominium project in Vail, CO. Through an extensive renovation and repositioning of the asset, the project is on track to increase revenue by three hundred percent.

拉吉（维尔，费城，PA）房地产开发商

拉吉，28岁，在希尔学校接受了中等教育，那是在费城外的一所寄宿学校，后来他获得了波士顿学院的经济学和历史学双学位。毕业后成功进入了纽约Violy公司的投资银行，拉吉在23岁的时候，创立了Automovia技术合作公司。该公司与在汽车行业规模最大，最受尊重的公司紧密合作，开发专为顾客定制的关于二手汽车的评估和分配的最前沿的技术。在技术部待了一段时间后，拉吉把他的重点转移到了房地产上，并且建立了Vanquish公司。它致力于兼并在vail，CO的酒店，零售，和公寓，通过彻底的翻修和对资产的重新配置，该项目有望增加百分之三百的收入。

 

Rob (Frisco, TX) Corporate Branding Salesman

Rob, 32, grew up in Plano, Texas, and later earned a football scholarship to Northeast Missouri State University where he started four years at the linebacker position. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree from The University of Texas, he and his wife founded Flanagan Enterprises, Inc. and grew it into a multi-million dollar business selling corporate-branded items and custom solution packaging products worldwide. In November 2003, Rob partnered with HotLink, Inc., an industry leader utilizing marketing automation based in Austin, Texas, where he is VP of Dallas Sales. Along with raising his two young children, Rob enjoys golf, SCUBA diving, playing his guitar, and fishing.

罗布（弗里斯科，德克萨斯州）公司品牌推销员

罗布，32岁，成长于德克萨斯州的普莱诺，获得了东北密苏里州立大学的足球奖学金，在那儿做了四年的后卫。以德州大学理学学士毕业后，他和他的夫人创办了弗拉纳根公司，并把它发展成为一个致力于销售公司品牌项目和为全球包装制品提供解决方案的百万美元的企业。2003年11月，罗布和HOTLink公司合作，那是一个以得克萨斯州奥斯汀为基地，使用营销自动化的行业领导者。罗布是达拉斯销售公司的副总裁，除了抚养两个年幼的孩子，他还喜欢打高尔夫，潜水，弹吉他和钓鱼。

 

Wes (Atlanta, GA) Private Wealth Manager

Wes, 28, grew up as the son of a veterinarian, and the oldest of four rambunctious siblings, learning responsibility and leadership at a very young age. Wes hails from Atlanta, Georgia, where he lives with his wife Lynne. He holds an Economics degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Post-graduation he moved to Atlanta, and within 5 years he became a Vice President with one of the world's largest global investment firms. Wes leads a large team specializing in investment management for wealthy individuals, families, and large corporations. He is in his sixth year as a Financial Advisor and one of the nation's youngest Certified Financial Planner Practitioners. He also serves as an instructor at Emory University's prestigious High Net Worth Institute in Atlanta, Georgia.

韦斯（亚特兰大，佐治亚州）私人财富管理

韦斯，28岁，是一名兽医的儿子，同时也是四个喧闹的兄弟姐妹中的老大，也因此在很小的时候，就拥有了责任感和领导才能。韦斯与他的妻子林恩住在佐治亚州的亚特兰大。他拥有教堂山的北卡罗来纳大学经济学学士学位，毕业后他搬到亚特兰大，并在5年里，成为了全球最大的投资公司之一的副总裁。韦斯领导着一个庞大的投资管理团队，专门为富有的个人，家庭和大型企业服务。他已经做了六年的财务顾问并且也是全国最年轻的注册理财规划师之一。他还在位于佐治亚州亚特兰大的埃默里大学里的著名的高净值研究所担任讲师。