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Alex Michel
Born (1970-08-10) August 10, 1970 (age 53)
OccupationManagement consultant

Alexander Mattheus Michel (born August 10, 1970)[1][2] is an American television personality. He was The Bachelor during its premiere seasononABC in 2002.

Personal life

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Michel was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, the son of a corporate executive and a marriage and family therapist.[3] He has two younger sisters.

AtDarien High School, Michel was the valedictorian, student body president, homecoming king, and captain of the swim team.[4] He graduated with honors from Harvard College, majoring in History and Literature, and was a member of the varsity swimming and water polo teams.[4] During college, he spent a summer working as an analyst in the Office of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the President of the United States.

Career

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After college, he worked in the U.S. Embassy in Mexico. He later became a documentary travel video producer, which took him to Australia, Brazil, China, Fiji, India, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Venezuela among others. He speaks Spanish and some Portuguese.

Michel later returned to school and earned an MBAatStanford University's Graduate School of Business in 1998. He worked at CNET as a television producer, and at the Boston Consulting Group as a management consultant. He was named the Sundance Institute New Producing Fellow for 1993.

The Bachelor

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At the age of 31, a friend at Harvard Business School sent Michel an email about auditions for a new reality show in which a bachelor chooses a wife out of 24 female contestants.[5] After seven weeks filming The Bachelor, he chose Amanda Marsh (now Amanda Caldwell) over runner-up Trista Rehn, but did not propose to her. After dating Marsh for a year, the couple broke up.

After the airing of The Bachelor, Michel returned to the business world and did a variety of media projects. He became a spokesperson for Match.com, guest-starred on The Re-Run Show, and became a spokesperson for Princess Cruises.[6] He is currently a media industry executive in New York City.[7]

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  • ^ "Alex Michel - Fandango biography". Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  • ^ "This Week's Wedding Announcements". The New York Times. November 11, 2018. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  • ^ a b "Where Are They Now: Harvard University/The Bachelor Alumnus Alex Michel". Collegiate Water Polo Association. January 6, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  • ^ 2009 Interview with Alex Michel Archived March 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  • ^ "Former 'Bachelors': Where Are They Now?". Ashley's Reality Roundup. January 2, 2012.
  • ^ Mandi Bierly; Lesley Savage; Lindsay Soll (March 2, 2009). "'The Bachelor': Where Are They Now?". Entertainment Weekly.
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    The Bachelor
    Season 1
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    Aaron Buerge


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