American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur
Leo Laporte
Laporte pictured in 2007
Born
(1956-11-29) November 29, 1956 (age 67)
New York City, U.S.
Occupations
TV and radio presenter
podcaster
Known for
Founding TWiT.tv
Notable credits
The Screen Savers (1998–2004)
Call for Help (1998–2001; 2003–2007)
The Tech Guy (2004-2022)
This Week in Tech (since 2005)
Television
Internet! (PBS), The Site (MSNBC), Call for Help (ZDTV/TechTV), The Screen Savers (ZDTV/TechTV)
Spouses
Jennifer Laporte (divorced)
Lisa Laporte (m. c. 2015)
Website
leo.fm
Leo Laporte (/ləˈpɔːrt/; born November 29, 1956)[1] is the former host of The Tech Guy weekly radio show[2] and founder of TWiT.tv, an Internet podcast network focusing on technology. He is also a former TechTV technology host (1998–2008) and a technology author. On November 19, 2022, actor, writer, musician, and comedian Steve Martin called into Laporte's radio show to announce Leo's retirement from The Tech Guy radio show.[3] Laporte's last new radio show was December 18, 2022 with reruns for the remainder of the year. Rich DeMuro later appeared on the show to announce that he will be taking over in January with a weekly show, recorded on Saturdays, called "Rich On Tech."[4]
^— (December 4, 2021). "The Tech Guy #1849". TWiT.tv (Podcast). Event occurs at 17:37. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
^Cite error: The named reference Leo_Premiere was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Laporte, Lisa. "The Secret Is Out!". TWiT.tv. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
^"Rich on Tech | Premiere Networks". www.premierenetworks.com. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
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