Age, Biography and Wiki
Leo Laporte (Leo Gordon Laporte) was born on 29 November, 1956 in New York City, U.S., is an American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur. Discover Leo Laporte's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 67 years old?
| Popular As |
Leo Gordon Laporte |
| Occupation |
TV and radio presenter · podcaster |
| Age |
67 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius |
| Born |
29 November 1956 |
| Birthday |
29 November |
| Birthplace |
New York City, U.S. |
| Nationality |
United States
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Leo Laporte Height, Weight & Measurements
At 67 years old, Leo Laporte height not available right now. We will update Leo Laporte's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
| Physical Status |
| Height |
Not Available |
| Weight |
Not Available |
| Body Measurements |
Not Available |
| Eye Color |
Not Available |
| Hair Color |
Not Available |
Who Is Leo Laporte's Wife?
His wife is Jennifer Laporte (divorced)
Lisa Laporte (m. c. 2015)
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Jennifer Laporte (divorced)
Lisa Laporte (m. c. 2015) |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
Abby Laporte, Henry Laporte |
Leo Laporte Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Leo Laporte worth at the age of 67 years old? Leo Laporte’s income source is mostly from being a successful Entrepreneur. He is from United States. We have estimated Leo Laporte's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Entrepreneur |
Leo Laporte Social Network
Timeline
Leo Laporte (born November 29, 1956) is the former host of The Tech Guy weekly radio show and founder of TWiT.tv, an Internet podcast network focusing on technology.
By 1984 he owned a Macintosh and wrote a software review for Byte magazine.
Laporte has worked on technology-related broadcasting projects, including Dvorak on Computers in January 1991 (co-hosted with technology writer John C. Dvorak), and Laporte on Computers on KGO Radio and KSFO in San Francisco.
In 1997, Laporte was awarded a Northern California Emmy for his role as Dev Null, a motion capture character on the MSNBC show The Site.
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.
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."
Laporte was born in New York City, the son of geologist Leo F. Laporte.
He studied Chinese history at Yale University before dropping out in his junior year to pursue a career in radio broadcasting, where his early on-air names were Dave Allen and Dan Hayes.
He began his association with computers with his first home computer, an Atari 400.
In 1998, Laporte created and co-hosted The Screen Savers, and the original version of Call for Help on the cable and satellite network ZDTV (later TechTV).
Laporte hosted the daily television show The Lab with Leo Laporte, recorded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The program was formerly known as Call for Help when it was recorded in the US and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The series aired on G4 Canada, on the HOW TO Channel in Australia, on several of Canada's Citytv affiliates, and on Google Video.
Laporte announced in October 2006 that he would not renew his contract with Que Publishing, and had retired from publishing books.
On March 5, 2008, Laporte confirmed on net@nite that The Lab with Leo Laporte had been canceled by Rogers Communications.
The HOW TO Channel did not air the remaining episodes after it was announced the show had been canceled.
He hosted, until December 2022, a weekend technology-oriented talk radio program show titled Leo Laporte: The Tech Guy.
The show, started on KFI AM 640 (Los Angeles), was syndicated through Premiere Radio Networks.
Laporte appeared on Friday mornings on KFI with Bill Handel, and previously on such shows as Showbiz Tonight, Live with Kelly, and World News Now.
He holds an amateur radio license, W6TWT.
Laporte has written technology-oriented books including:
He has published a yearly series of technology almanacs:
In 2008, Laporte did a voice narration of Andrew Lang's fable The True History of Little Golden-hood from Audible (Amazon), a sponsor.
Laporte owns and operates a podcast network, TWiT.tv with his wife Lisa Laporte.
Before the expansion to new facilities in 2011, Laporte said TWiT earned US$1.5million (equivalent to $ in ) annually on a production cost of US$350000 (equivalent to $ in ).
In a 2012 Reddit posting, he commented that revenue was approaching US$4million (equivalent to $ in ).
The TWiT studios are located in Petaluma, California, where Laporte lives.
