Randal Pinkett is an American business consultant who in 2005 was the winner of season four of the reality television show The Apprentice. He is the first African American to win the US version of The Apprentice.
Pinkett was born in 1971 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With an educational background in engineering and business, he is both a Rhodes Scholar and a Walter Byers Scholar, and holds 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 Apprentice Season 4 in December 2005, he 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. He has also entered politics.
