Ryan John Seacrest (born December 24, 1974) is an
American media personality,
television producer, and
entrepreneur. He is the host of the
Fox reality show American Idol, and of two other television programs:
E! News on
E!, and the annual
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest broadcast on
ABC.
Biography
Ryan Seacrest was born in
Dunwoody, Georgia, the son of Constance Marie (
née Zullinger), a homemaker, and Gary Lee Seacrest, an attorney.
descent.
After graduating from Dunwoody High School, Seacrest went on to attend the
University of Georgia in the fall of 1993. There, he would host his first radio show at a local Athens station. Seacrest left UGA at age 19 and moved to
Hollywood to continue his broadcasting career.
