Franz-Olivier Giesbert

Franz-Olivier Giesbert (born January 18, 1949, in Wilmington, Delaware) is an American-born French journalist, author, and television presenter.

Giesbert worked for Le Figaro from 1988 to 2000 and for Le Point starting in 2000.

In 2013, he wrote the scenario of a documentary about his relationship with the former president, Nicolas Sarkozy, secrets d’une présidence. ("Nicholas Sarkozy, secrets of a presidency").

Giesbert hosts the cable television, weekly, literary show Le Gai Savoir on Paris Première. In 1999,…