[5][6] In 2018, The Wall Street Journal reported that Yazbeck's enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, Scopeworker, signed a multi-billion dollar deal with the Sprint Corporation (now T-Mobile US) to automate the supplier services for their 5G network build.

[7] Yazbeck was born in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London to a Lebanese Maronite Christian father from the Chouf and an Irish mother.

[2][8] He attended William Ellis School in Highgate, London and graduated with a First Class Honors Degree and an Honorary Doctorate (PhD h.c.) in Business from Solent University, Southampton.

In the final task, Yazbeck was chosen to oversee a Barenaked Ladies charity concert, sponsored by Pontiac, to benefit the World Wildlife Fund.

Yazbeck returned as a boardroom judge on The Apprentice 6 (2007), and hosted his own show, Reality Trailblazers, on the TV Guide Channel.