Leo Laporte

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Leo Laporte

Leo Gordon Laporte (born November 29, 1956 in Manhattan, New York City) is an American technology broadcaster, journalist, author and founder of TWiT. Laporte currently resides in Petaluma, California, USA.

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Personal Life

Laporte is a native of Providence, Rhode Island but now lives in California with his wife Jennifer and two children, Henry and Abby.

TWiT

As founder Laporte hosts or co-hosts most of the shows on the TWiT network. Sometimes he goes by the nickname Chief TWiT.

Other Work

Current

  • Host of nationally syndicated radio show The Tech Guy for Premiere Radio Network.

Past

  • Host of The Lab with Leo on G4techTV Canada.
  • Host of Call for Help on G4techTV Canada.
  • Host and creator of Call for Help on TechTV.
  • Host and creator of The Screen Savers on TechTV.
  • Co-host and creator of The Site on MSNBC.
  • Co-host of Dvorak on Computers, syndicated.
  • Co-host of Laporte on Computers on KGO and KSFO.
  • Author of numerous books including the Technology Almanac series.
  • Author of MacArc and QDial programs for the Macintosh (1986)

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