Philippe Cousteau

Philippe is a multi Emmy-nominated TV host, author, speaker, and social entrepreneur. He has hosted numerous TV programs for Discovery, BBC, CNN, Travel Channel and more. Currently he is the host of the syndicated television show Xploration Awesome Planet, now in its sixth season.

He and his wife Ashlan are producers and narrators of a new Virtual Reality ocean exploration experience Drop in the Ocean that premiered at Tribeca Immersive in 2019.

Recently, Philippe was the co-star of Travel Channel’s award-winning series, Caribbean Pirate Treasure for three seasons. His documentary, Nuclear Sharks, for Discovery Channel’s Shark Week 2016, premiered as the #1 rated show across all cable programming.

He is an award-winning author of several books; Follow the Moon Home, Going Blue, and Make a Splash. His new book series The Endangereds launches on HarperCollins in the fall of 2020. Philippe is a sought-after speaker having keynoted events for the United Nations, Harvard University, USC, the Society of Environmental Journalists and many more. In 2004 he founded EarthEcho International; a leading environmental education organization dedicated to inspiring youth to take action for a sustainable planet.

With programs in North America, the Galapagos, Caribbean, Australia and Europe – in 2019 EarthEcho directly engaged over 200,000 youth in their communities to become environmental champions.

Philippe and his wife, fellow explorer and TV host Ashlan Gorse-Cousteau reside in Los Angeles, California with their daughter Vivienne and rescue dog Kenai.