Markus Lanz

Markus Lanz (born 16 March 1969) is a German-Italian[1] television presenter and producer.

This article is about the person. For his talk show of the same name, see Markus Lanz (talk show).
Not to be confused with Marcus Lantz.

Markus Lanz
Lanz in 2009
Born (1969-03-16) March 16, 1969
Bruneck, South Tyrol, Italy
NationalityGerman
Italian
EducationHumanistisches Gymnasium in Bruneck

Bayerische Akademie für Werbung und Marketing
Occupation
  • Television presenter
  • Producer
Partner(s)Birgit Schrowange (formerly)
Children1

Early life

Lanz is a member of the German speaking majority in the Italian province of South Tyrol. He grew up in Geiselsberg, a village located 1,344 metres above sea level in the central Alps. Lanz stated that his family was poor, and that his father died at an early age, leaving his mother to care for three children.[2] His good school grades earned him a scholarship to the monastery of Neustift, where he went to private Catholic secondary school. He finished high school at the Humanistisches Gymnasium in Bruneck in 1988[3] and completed military service as a radio operator in the alpine division of the Italian army before working at the radio station Radio Holiday. In 1992, Lanz graduated from the Bayerische Akademie für Werbung und Marketing in Munich with a degree in Business Communications.

Early career

In 1992 he started a two-year trainee program at Radio Hamburg in Hamburg. In 1995, he became the news announcer at the regional TV station RTL North, and in 1997, started as presenter of a regional evening news show in Schleswig-Holstein.

Television career

Since 2008, Lanz has hosted the weekly cooking show Lanz kocht!.

Since October 2009, he has hosted the talk show Markus Lanz three evenings a week.

Between October 2012 and 2014, he presented the monthly German TV show Wetten, dass..? as successor to Thomas Gottschalk.

Private life

Lanz plays the piano and founded the band "W5" in which he played with his brother.[3] He has a son (born 2000) from a previous relationship with TV presenter Birgit Schrowange. In July 2011, Lanz married Angela Gessmann.[4]

Books
  • Markus Lanz: Und plötzlich guckst du bis zum lieben Gott. Die zwei Leben des Horst Lichter. Gütersloher Verlag-Haus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-06459-8.
  • Markus Lanz: Grönland: Meine Reisen ans Ende der Welt. National Geographic Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86690-195-7.

References
  1. "Markus Lanz vom 17. Oktober 2017 HD". Youtube.com (in German).
  2. Lauterbach, Jörn. "Markus Lanz, treuer Sohn seiner Heimat Südtirol". Die Welt. WeltN24 GmbH. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  3. "Markus Lanz: Karriere, Privatleben und wichtigste Sendungen im TV". merkur.de (in German). 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  4. Bild.de, 13.3.2012: "letzten Sommer heiratete Markus Lanz seine neue Lebensgefährtin Angela Gessmann" (last summer Markus Lanz married Angela Gessmann) and "Elf Jahre ist ihr gemeinsamer Sohn Laurin jetzt alt" (their common son Laurin is now 11 years old)
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