Sean Yazbeck

Yazbeck has business interests in technology, digital advertising and real-estate. He oversaw development of the $500 million, five-star hotel, Trump SoHo in New York City. He also worked with the Trump Organization to found the technology services company, Wavsys.As of 2014, Wavsys is an 'Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Company in America', with over $100 million per annum in revenue and employing more than 500 employees . He also owns the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software platform, Scopeworker, and the digital advertising firm, Admazing. . In a 2015 interview with Fortune Magazine, Yazbeck said his business successes were due in part to Donald Trump's mentoring, saying, "I learnt a lot of things from Mr. Trump [including] do something you love and do something you know."

Yazbeck was born in Kensington in London, England. He attended William Ellis School in Highgate, London and graduated from Southampton Solent University with a First Class Honors Degree. Yazbeck lives in Miami Beach, Florida. He plays polo for the Grand Champions Polo Club in Wellington, Florida and is a member of the Miami chapter of The Young Presidents' Organization (YPO), a global network of young chief executives. In 2008, in reference to his charity work with "Voices for Children", the Governor of Kentucky, Steve Beshear, bestowed the honorary title of Kentucky Colonel on Yazbeck, "in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments and outstanding service to the nation." In 2006, the then Mayor of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Carlos Álvarez (mayor), proclaimed June 20 as “Sean Yazbeck Day” in Miami-Dade County. Yazbeck is a patron of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the New World Symphony (orchestra) and the Pérez Art Museum Miami.. In 2014, Haute Living named Yazbeck "one of Miami’s most eligible bachelors".

Sean Yazbeck and Piers Morgan are the only non-American's to have won Donald Trump's The Apprentice. Both of them are British. Yazbeck won more tasks than any other candidate, was unbeaten as Project Manager and chosen by Donald Trump to be the next apprentice during the show's live finale in Los Angeles. According to Trump, Yazbeck overwhelmingly won the national vote, the first ever conducted for an Apprentice finale. In the final task, Yazbeck was chosen to oversee a Barenaked Ladies charity concert, sponsored by Pontiac, to benefit the World Wildlife Fund. For winning the final task and being hired as Trump's Apprentice, Yazbeck chose to oversee the Trump SoHo project, with a one-year contract exceeding $250,000. He was also given a new Pontiac G6 hardtop convertible, mirroring Kendra Todd's reward of a Pontiac Solstice. Yazbeck returned as a boardroom judge on The Apprentice 6 (2007), and hosted his own show, Reality Trailblazers, on the TV Guide Channel. He also appeared on Miss Universe (as a judge), Live with Regis and Kelly, MTV Video Music Awards, 1 vs. 100, Soap Talk, Identity and MTV's From G's to Gents.