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DATE:
December 8, 2006
 James Sun (BA 1999) will be one of the candidates on the
next season of “The Apprentice,” Donald Trump’s
popular reality show that premiers January 7 on NBC.
Sun is the founder and CEO of Zoodango.com, a web-based professional
networking company that encourages face-to-face meetings
and the exchange of expertise.
His rags-to-riches story will likely resonate with Trump.
When Sun was four, his family immigrated to the United States
from Korea. They arrived with $35, knew no one and spoke
no English.
But the family eventually flourished. Sun, a born entrepreneur,
began reading The Wall Street Journal at age 13, and created
a small technology investment fund at 18. By the time he
graduated from the UW Business School with honors, he had
turned an initial investment of $5,000 into $2.3 million.
Sun then worked for Deloitte Consulting and traveled extensively,
all the while studying human interactions in this age of
ubiquitous information technology. These observations provided
the spark for Zoodango.
But Sun jumped at the chance to vie for a coveted spot on
Trump’s management team. For the sixth season of "The
Apprentice," the action will move from New York City
to Los Angeles, with each week’s winning team earning
the right to live like Trump in a luxurious mansion while
the losers have to sleep outside in tents.
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