Rebecca Jarvis

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Rebecca Jarvis (born 1981 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a financial journalist and was a candidate on The Apprentice 4. She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and graduated from the University of Chicago in 2003 and from St. Paul Academy and Summit School in 1999.

Known to her friends as "Becky," Jarvis was one of Teen People's "20 Teens Who Will Change the World" in February 2000. She was honored for raising over $750,000 for her own non-profit children's charity - a project that also involved Al Gore and Colin Powell, which she set up at 15. She was also awarded a "Point of Light" for her advocacy of disenfranchised children and teens.

On the second week of "The Apprentice 4", she broke her ankle while playing hockey as a task-winning reward. She was on crutches for the rest of the competition, which took 39 days to tape in the summer of 2005, but was fully able to walk by the time of the live season finale five months later. On the season finale of the Apprentice, Randal Pinkett was hired instead of her. Donald Trump asked Randal if he should hire Rebecca as well and Randal replied that there should only be one Apprentice (which may have been in light of an incident in the South African version just three months previous to this episode), and Trump let Randal's decision stand.

Jarvis has worked in both investment banking and foreign currency trading, but left financial services to pursue a career in journalism. She’s written for publications ranging from Crain’s Chicago Business to Business 2.0 and currently is a governor on the board of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.

On March 7, 2006, the business news channel CNBC announced it would be hiring Jarvis as an associate reporter for the network. [http://www.nbcumv.com/release_detail.nbc/cnbc-20060307000000-rebeccajarvisjoins.html] She is now a general assignment reporter, based at CNBC’s world headquarters and covers the NASDAQ and NYMEX.

References

* " [http://www.teenpeople.com/teenpeople/article/0,22196,1141667,00.shtml Former TEEN PEOPLE Honoree Nearly Snatches an Apprentice Win] " by Tia Brown, TeenPeople.com, December 16, 2005.

External links

* [http://www.cnbc.com/id/15838093/ Rebecca Jarvis profile on CNBC.com]
* [http://www.mspmag.com/features/features/72213.asp Interview with Rebecca Jarvis by Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine]
* [http://www.nbcumv.com/release_detail.nbc/cnbc-20060307000000-rebeccajarvisjoins.html Rebecca Jarvis joins CNBC Business Day as an Associate Reporter] 07 March 2006
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