... the FACTS 

Resides: Venice, CA

Birth date: 8-26-76

Sign: Virgo

Height: 5'11"

Hair: Brown

Eyes: Blue

Status: Never married, no children.

Nonsmoker

Education: "Dropped out of college, I went to school at SMU in Dallas Texas. Was a Philosophy major. I went through my junior year and then I stopped." 

Occupation: "Chairman of Reality Channel, a 24/7 cable and satellite television network dedicated to the reality genre. After I was on Amazing Race,  I came up with the idea to start a channel. It just kind of hit me one day and I said `you know why not?'  I'm an entrepreneur. I get very curious about all different types of businesses and I'm more in the business of recognizing opportunities than one specific industry."

... on HIMSELF

Best Qualities: "I'm very trustworthy and optimistic. I have a lot of confidence but I don't think I'm cocky. I'm very adventurous. I think I'm a pretty fun laid back guy."

Strengths: "My drive and determination, my ambition."

Weakness: "I'm very impulsive. Basically my impulsiveness caused Paige and I to lose the Amazing Race, because I wouldn't look at the map and I wanted to run in the direction faster than I should. And pretty much every mistake I make while none of them have proved to be terminal have been because I just do something and don't think it fully through. I would say that also ends up being a weakness in some of my relationships. I try to learn from them but I continue to make impulsive mistakes."

What I see in myself that others may not see: "My spirituality. I don't think I keep it hidden but I think in LA, it's a little bit less accepted to be so vocal because LA is such a diverse city. I'm a Christian guy and with so many people in business and relationships, you have to be careful that you don't offend anyone. When I lived in Texas and Nashville where it was predominately Christian communities, I was more vocal about my spiritual beliefs and practices than I am now. Sometimes after going on a second or third date with me, obviously that comes out and some of the times, they're surprised to hear that."

Interests: "Fly fishing, golfing, water-skiing, snowboarding. I love to travel when it's not business. I don't mind traveling when it's business. I read a lot. I have a passion for the Arts. I love to go to Broadway." 

Turn Ons: "My morning cup of coffee, going surfing with some friends as the sun's setting. I love the fact that in this country, you can come up with an idea and if you have the passion and the drive and the determination, you can really make anything happen. That truly turns me on, the fact that I'm even 
sitting here today launching a television network and I'm 26 years old. Most people would say it's impossible but it's not only because this country really is a land of opportunity."

Turn Offs: "I hate arrogance. I hate materialistic and shallow people. I'm really turned off when I see people with negative attitudes. I don't understand it. I don't like complainers. In business, I don't like people who won't work really hard. I require a lot from the people I work with, but I give a lot too." 

Special Talents: "To tell you the truth, I have no rhythm. I can't even clap and sing at the same time in church. I really can't. I either clap or I sing, but I can't do both. I'm not musically talented. I'm a pretty good athlete, but no special talents that I can think of."

Charities: "I tithe regularly at my church. I have adopted a kid in Kenya through Compassion International Charity that I've had about three years now. I send money, they send you pictures and you write letters ... it's fun. I envision my life, I guess, as many entrepreneurs do, I believe that at some point I will use my entrepreneurial skills and hopefully the financial resources I've accumulated to create some philanthropic cause and to really use my skills to do something that is not for profit." 

15 Minutes of Fame: "Amazing Race 2. But as far as if you want to say fame is a testimony of being in the public eye, I would say right now, through all the news events I've done on CNN and continue to do on Fox news and all the publicity we've received from the network, this is probably the most recognition I've gotten. When someone is young and they try to do something as crazy as this, so to speak, the media looks at it very closely. I think people have a general interest in seeing a young entrepreneur create something out of nothing."

Travels: "I saw 13 countries while on the Amazing Race 2. Before then I spent time in Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Alaska flyfishing, Paris, I love Paris."

Spirituality: "I wouldn't say spiritual and I wouldn't say super religious. I go to church every Sunday and I participate in Bible studies from time to time. I think I have a very balanced outlook on Christianity." 

Fashion Sense: "I definitely have bought more clothes and spent more money on expensive suits and stuff in the past few months than I have, see the thing is when you're 26 and you're trying to do this, you have to take every precautionary step possible to seem older than you are and to be mature. I'm a pretty mature person but it goes everything from what you wear even. I was more casual before I started the network and now it's a lot more suit and tie type of stuff. The bigger the venture the more you're in the public eye, the more sense of fashion I think you have to have."

Staying Healthy: "I use to work out a lot more than I do now. Now, it's hard because I'm working and traveling so much. But I work out with a trainer twice a week. Then I try to do a workout once a week by myself. Three times a week, in the gym for at least an hour. I like to go on the stairclimber and read the morning paper. I probably need to pay attention more to it but yes, I want to live a long life."

What touches my soul: "When you see someone do something without asking for anything in return. In our society, there's so much I'll scratch your back, if you scratch mine, and it really is nice to see and I'm really touched when I see someone just do something out of the kindness of their heart without asking for 
anything in return. My family, I'm very close. So when I do get to spend some time, that's a very emotional time for us because we just don't see other that much anymore. " 

... on WOMEN

I first notice ... "her smile. The first interaction with someone is usually their facial expression or a lack of. Very quickly I have found in talking with someone you can kind of see their demeanor. Are they someone who's really down to earth, are they someone who's snotty, are they someone who is sensual? All the things, the different types of people, in engaging in a conversation with someone, you can really pick up on these things very quickly."

Gold diggers. "Absolutely. You have to be very astute, how you meet someone, what their interests really are? Especially in this town, being the head of a network, there's a lot of things at my fingertips that someone who potentially could want, a job, they could want a show, they could want to host a show or they could look at me for financial reasons. While I don't think there's a right or wrong time to meet the person you'll be with, but I would rather meet them sooner rather than later because now are the times when we're still like struggling. It would be nice to meet someone now that I don't have to worry about, that they're willing to come along for the ride, so to speak."

Ideal Woman: "The word that best describes her is interesting. And have an equal zest for life. I don't care if my future wife wants to be a complete stay home mom or she's an author or a painter or a lawyer or a businessperson, but I feel that I have to feel I'm in a partnership and they have to be of equal passion. If I'm passionate about work and I meet some who just kind of goes through life and doesn't have a real passion, then it's hard for me to relate to that person. I'm attracted to beautiful women, both on the inside and the outside and that they take care of themselves and that they want to remain attractive. They care about themselves and their bodies and understand that is important to guys. That they're healthy, I guess is the word." 

I can't resist a woman who ... "surprises me in a good way, who captures my mind and my heart."

I show a woman I care ... "by spending time with her. I have very little time so if I spend time with anyone especially if they get me and they understand my schedule they know that I care. I call them during the day, send them an email, I invest emotional and time into the relationship."

Most important quality in a woman: "Attitude. Having a positive attitude. It's hard to say one quality because it's a feeling. The most important quality is that you feel right with the person and there's not one thing that does that. Someone can be an absolute genius and very challenging intellectually to me but if I don't find her physically attractive, then it's probably not going to go anywhere, and vice versa, I mean I've been with some of the most beautiful girls ever on first dates and realized that all they wanted to do is talk about was their hair, so the most important thing, with me, is that there's chemistry."

Ideal Date: "On first dates, my favorite date is just go to a fun semi romantic but casual dinner where we can talk and get to know each other. There's nothing more fun than getting to know someone if as you're getting to know them you're starting to like them. The conversation itself is enough fun, it doesn't have to be an activity. As you start to date someone, I think that anything that has an element of surprise or out of the ordinary is great for dates. "

What makes me call a woman back after a first date: "If I felt chemistry."

I would never date a woman who ... "does not think for themselves."

I wish women understood ... "that guys like to be taken care of. You girls don't think that but I think it's universally true."

One thing a woman has never done for me yet, but I would love it: "I wish, if I was in a dating relationship, no one was ever planned like a surprise trip, like a weekend or something like that. They don't have to pay for it. But I would like them to surprise me with a weekend getaway, that's never happened, I've done that for girls but that would be a fun experience. That'd be fun. It would be nice for someone to do something without anything in return. take me on a spontaneous trip."

... on RELATIONSHIPS 

Views on relationship: "A relationship is important for me now, I think a marriage is a partnership and you're a team so I think that the sooner that you meet that person, when you meet someone and you know, you know, I'm a big believer in that. So I would rather meet them and know now and experience all this excitement now whereas wait for later. I am by no means one of those people that say, `I'm going to wait until I'm 30 to get married.' If I met the right girl last year, I would have gotten married last year, it's not having met the right person yet. I think if I ever do meet someone who I feel is the right person, there's probably not very many of them in the world, so I think I would capitalize ion that. I want a lot of kids, a big family, maybe 4." 

Top relationship keys: "Trust, forgiveness, self sacrifice, I mean as far as a marriage. I think you have to be willing to forgive, to trust to be willing to serve the other. You have to be each other's biggest cheerleader. You have to be friends. It can be really hot and heavy in the beginning but ultimately ... my parents have been married for 35 yeas, you have to want to spend time with that person, enjoy conversations with that person, have them stimulate you in other ways besides sexually. My parents were married at 20."

A woman who is in a relationship with me can expect ... "romance. I'm a very romantic person. She can expect quality time but not necessary quantity time, right now in my life, just because I do work a lot. When she has my time, she has my undivided attention. She can expect to feel very secure if we are in a relationship. I'm incredibly loyal."

What I Expect: "I expect all the same things that I would give."

When I'm in love, I ... "am very happy."

Greatest Relationship Lesson: "The lesson I've learned is that the minute you feel like you wish you could change something in someone or that you're not as attracted to them anymore or it just doesn't feel like this is the one, end the relationship honestly and immediately. It's the hardest thing to do because it's going to hurt them but in the end it frees them to pursue whoever they're supposed to be with and also for you to be available to whoever might cross your path. I think some of my relationships have lasted longer than they should have and I could have ended them earlier. I think people stay together for years that way; I think people get married even knowing that it's probably not the right thing to do. Because most people aren't secure enough to be by themselves and I love to be myself."

What makes a woman marriage material: "Obviously there would have to be chemistry. I would have to feel that I could talk to her and share the rest of my life with her both in words and intimately. I think she would have to fulfill me intellectually, and ultimately she would have to fit in well with my family because that's so important."

... on HIS FAVORITE THINGS

Movie: "Rudy. I loved the story, it was amazing."

TV Show: "I really don't. I really don't watch much TV. I think reality TV is interesting, i like some of it yes. "

Book: "On the Road by Jack Kerouac."

Music: "I'm across the board, I can listen to anything . I like everything from country to hip hop."

Food: "I love sushi and Mexican food."

... on LIFE

Making My Mark: "I don't know how I'll make my mark. My goal is to enrich the lives of others through the creations of businesses and relationships and philanthropy. I think that definitely each of my companies leaves a little bit of a legacy behind and maybe I will make my mark in the media business. For me, it's more in the personal relationships on how I would leave my mark. Just the people I affect in the businesses I create, or who I hire, those are people that I hope that when I leave their lives that they'll have a fond memory and think they learned something from me."

Responsibility to Society: "There's a verse in the bible that says "too much is given, much is required," and I've been blessed enormously both in all elements of my life and my family so I believe that it is my duty to give back to society in many different ways."

Valuable Life Lesson: "Anything is possible, good and bad."

I must ... "dive with the great white sharks off the coast of south Africa, take a year and just travel the world, make this network a huge success and have a family."

Best Advice Received: "The more you give, the more you live. I thought that that was a great piece of advice. I do apply it." 

Best Advice I've ever Given a Woman: ""Be happy with yourself, security is something that is very sexy and attractive.

... final THOUGHTS

Wheels: "Lexus coupe."

Pets: I have two black labs but they're in Texas."

Items Always in my Refrigerator: "Not very much. I don't think there's anything that always in my refrigerator."

Hottest Possession: "My golf clubs, my fly fishing rod. I have an eclectic collection of sunglasses"

I would like to change places for 24 hours with ... "Bill Gates." 

I would most like to hang out with ... "President Bush. I just think it would be interesting."

Why I'm such a great catch: "Because I'm available." 

Me in a word: "Passionate."