Olivier Lesgourgues, (1 August 1962) better known as Mac Lesggy is a French

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and producer.

Biography

Mac Lesggy was born Olivier Lesgourgues in

Bayonne Bayonne () is a city in southwestern France near the France–Spain border, Spanish border. It is a communes of France, commune and one of two subprefectures in France, subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques departments of France, departm ...

Pyrénées-Atlantiques Pyrénées-Atlantiques (; Gascon language, Gascon Occitan language, Occitan: ''Pirenèus Atlantics''; ) is a Departments of France, department located in the Regions of France, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine in the southwest corner of metropolitan ...

. He spent his childhood in

Biarritz Biarritz ( , , , ; also spelled ; ) is a city on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the French Basque Country in southwestern France. It is located from the border with Spain. It is a luxu ...

and obtained his baccalaureate there in 1979. He later graduated from the

Institut national agronomique Paris-Grignon The Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon (; INA P-G) was a French university-level institution of grande école A (; ) is a specialized top-level educational institution in France and some other countries such as Morocco and Tunisia. ...

in 1984. He began his professional career studying statistics and marketing.

Career

In 1990, he did a professional training in television jobs. He established at the same time a project for a scientific television program accepted by the channel M6. To produce it, he founded the society VM Productions that later became VM Group. Since February 1991, he has hosted the scientific television program ''E=M6''. Since the early 2000s he has hosted a number of television programs such as ''Le grand test'', ''Le grand quizz'' and ''QI'', a television IQ test. He passed a casting test to host the program ''Êtes-vous plus fort qu'un élève de 10 ans ?'' with

Laurent Boyer Laurent Boyer (born on 23 January 1958 in Paris) is a French radio and television host. He is the companion of singer Alice Dona. He worked on M6 since its creation and presented programs such as '' Graines de star'', ''Nos meilleurs Moments'' ...

and Stéphane Rotenberg. He has appeared in some advertisements such as M6 Mobile and

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. He has also appeared in the video game ''E=M6 Défi Cérébral'', a training game inspired by his scientific television program. He is also member of the jury of the program ''Ma maison est la plus originale'', broadcast in autumn 2011 and since February 2013. In May 2012, he participated at the eighth step of ''Pékin Express, le passager mystère'' as the mystery passenger.

Personal life

Mac Lesggy is married and has three children, two daughters and one son. He is well known for his eccentric glasses designed by Alain Mikli.

Honours

In 1995, Mac Lesggy received the "Grand Prix de l'Information Scientifique" from the

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. ''E=M6'' received a prize at the Festival Images et Sciences de Palaiseau in 1992, as well as the

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for "Best educative program" in 2001.

References

External links

Profile of Mac Lesggy on the official site of M6

''E=M6'' on the official site of M6
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