Ryan Seacrest Biography

Fast Facts

• Began his radio career at age 16 as an intern at WSTR/Star 94 in Atlanta
• First TV hosting gig was in 1995 on the ESPN game show Radical Outdoor Challenge
• Replaced Casey Kasem as host of the radio program American Top 40 in 2004
• He launched The R Line in 2005, a clothing line for men and women specializing in his signature T-shirts
• Won a Daytime Emmy in 2006 for hosting the Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade with Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa
• Co-owns a sushi restaurant in West Hollywood
• Heads Ryan Seacrest Productions, a multi-million dollar production company, which churns such popular reality fare as Keeping Up With the Kardashians
• Launched the Ryan Seacrest Foundation in 2010, which builds media studios in pediatric hospitals for patients to use