Rancic is also a motivational speaker and a Chicago, Illinois, real estate developer.
Early life and education
Rancic is of Croatian and Irish heritage. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in the suburb of Orland Park. He attended St. Michael's School in Orland Park, and graduated from Carl Sandburg High School. His mother Gail Rancic became a widow after her husband and Bill's father Edward Rancic died in 1999 following a battle with cancer.Rancic has 3 sisters: Beth, Katie and Karen.
The Apprentice
Rancic was one of the job applicants in The Apprentice 1 during the spring of 2004, as one of 16 contestants. Rancic was hired at the conclusion of the 14-week job interview after Donald Trump fired Kwame Jackson.
Rancic was the first reality TV star to be hired on national television. He elected to take charge of the construction of the Trump Tower Chicago in his native Chicago, Illinois, on the site of the demolished Chicago Sun-Times building. His other option was to oversee and manage a new Trump National Golf Course and resort in Los Angeles, California. The Trump National course was a potential site for season 6 of the show.
For the final challenge against competitor Kwame Jackson, Trump gave Rancic the task of running a celebrity golf outing at Briarcliff Manors, while Jackson was tasked to manage a Jessica Simpson concert. At the final board meeting, Jackson remarked that running a golf outing was the easier of the two tasks, which brought a disagreement from Trump VP Carolyn Kepcher, who was managing a golf course when Trump hired her. Trump hired Rancic for doing a very good job.
Career after The Apprentice
As an Apprentice
Originally Rancic said that after his one-year contract as being Donald Trump's Apprentice expired, he would leave the job and start his own company. He instead opted to remain part of the Trump Organization, and in some seasons filled in as a judge when regular judge George Ross was away on business.
Work outside of Trump
In September 2007, Rancic co-hosted iVillage's In the Loop with iVillage a TV show and webcast produced by NBC Universal. NBC commissioned a set at the Universal Orlando Resort in Florida. In September 2008, Rancic began as host for the A&E reality show, We Mean Business, in which small business owners undergo business make-overs.
In 2008, Rancic and his wife, TV host Giuliana Rancic (née DePandi) started a joint television production company, You and I Productions, which produces reality and scripted programming for television.
In 2010, Rancic started hosting a news program called America Now, which is broadcast across the United States on stations owned by Raycom Media. The following year, "America Now" was brought back for a second season, with Leeza Gibbons joining Bill Rancic. Originally, the Show was on every Weekend, but when Leeza Gibbons joined the show, It moved to Monday through Friday Timeslots.
Personal life
On December 15, 2006, he became engaged to E! News co-host Giuliana DePandi.They were married on September 1, 2007, on the island of Capri, Italy. Giuliana suffered a miscarriage in 2010.
Rancic had owned a home in Hinsdale, Illinois that was prominently featured on his reality show, but he sold it in February 2011, just a few months after moving in.
Books by Bill Rancic
You're Hired (2004) ISBN 0-06-076541-0
Beyond The Lemonade Stand (2005) ISBN 1-59514-103-0
Books by Bill and Giuliana Rancic
I Do, Now What? (2010) ISBN 0345524993
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