Wendell F. Holland, Jr. (born March 8, 1984) is an American furniture company owner best known for competing on the American reality show Survivor. On May 23, 2018, he was revealed as the winner of the show's 36th season, Survivor: Ghost Island. He returned for the show's 40th season Survivor: Winners at War, where he was eliminated in 13th place. Since 2020, he has been a co-host on HGTV’s Hot Mess House.
Holland grew up in Ardmore, Pennsylvania and graduated from Harriton High School. He attended Morehouse College, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa, and University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he became a lawyer. After selling several home-made beds on Craigslist, he ultimately left his law practice and founded Beve Unlimited, a furniture company in Philadelphia.
In 2018, Holland participated in Survivor: Ghost Island, the 36th season of Survivor. He started on the Naviti tribe where he immediately formed a close alliance with Domenick Abbate. Following the first tribe switch with the rival Malolo tribe, he and Abbate remained on Naviti along with former tribemates Chris Noble, Morgan Ricke and Angela Perkins. The former Naviti members held the majority on the tribe but Noble was seen as a potential target due to earlier friction with Abbate. Following Naviti's next immunity challenge loss, however, Noble was sent to Ghost Island by the rival tribe, sparing him from that night's vote. Holland and Abbate attempted to target Perkins in order to weaken Noble's position, but this allowed for the former Malolo members on the new Naviti tribe to seize an opportunity. Ricke was blindsided at Tribal Council instead of Perkins, shocking Holland and Abbate.

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