Inspired by the legacy of his grandfather Jacques Cousteau and his father Philippe Sr., Philippe Cousteau is a multi Emmy-Nominated TV host and producer as well as an author, speaker, and social entrepreneur.
Philippe is the host and executive producer of the multi-Emmy nominated weekly syndicated series Awesome Planet, now in its seventh season.
Recently Philippe and his wife Ashlan were the stars of The Travel Channel’s hit series Caribbean Pirate Treasure; winner of a Cynopsis Media Award for Best Adventure Reality Series. In 2016 Philippe teamed up with his wife Ashlan to co-host Nuclear Sharks, the #1 show for Discovery’s Shark Week. In 2015, they co-hosted a three-part series with Takepart.com, exploring tiger and rhino conservation in Nepal called Treasures of the Terai. In recognition of their media work, Philippe and Ashlan were awarded the Ocean Champions award in 2023 by the International Ocean Film Festival.
As a special correspondent for CNN, he has hosted several award-winning shows, including his series Going Green which ran for four years and the 8-part special Expedition Sumatra. Philippe has also hosted and produced television programs for Animal Planet and the 8-part series Oceans for the BBC and Discovery Channel.
Philippe is the CEO and, along with his wife Ashlan, co-founder of Voyacy Ventures, a leading environmental consulting company that is redefining 21st century environmental restoration, destination tourism, and storytelling. For 25 years, Voyacy’s science team has pioneered coastal restoration technology and now Voyacy is bringing that restoration to a scale never before imagined. But restoration is not enough. Voyacy brings expertise in destination development, blue economy financing and media storytelling to create a truly holistic solution to restoring coastal ecosystems.
In 2005 he founded EarthEcho International; a leading environmental education organization that is building a global youth movement to restore and protect our ocean planet. To date, EarthEcho has activated over 2 million youth in 146 countries through its programs.
As an author, Philippe’s children’s book, Follow the Moon Home has been chosen for the prestigious Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List. In addition, he has co-written, Going Blue and Make a Splash, both of which have won multiple awards, including Learning Magazine’s Teachers’ Choice Award for the Family, a Gold Nautilus Award, ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Gold Award. He is the author of a middle grade book series, The Endangereds, with Harper Collins and his latest book, Oceans for Dummies, which he co-authored with his wife Ashlan was released in February 2021.
Philippe holds an honorary doctorate in marine biology from the University of Plymouth in England. He is a sought-after speaker having hosted and keynoted various events for the United Nations, Harvard University, the University of Florida, the Society of Environmental Journalists, The Economist Magazine global summit, and countless corporate events and global conferences. He has testified before Congress several times and serves on the National Council of the World Wildlife Fund, the Board of Antarctica 2030, and the Board of Advisors of the Environmental Media Association. He lives in Los Angeles CA with his wife Ashlan, two daughter Vivienne and Colette and their husky Kenai.