Joe Gesue

A veteran of 15 Olympic Games, Joe Gesue is Senior Vice President, Olympic Programming & Planning. He oversees all Olympic and Paralympic programming, and also works on strategy, relationships, sales partnerships, and overall project management. Gesue has been a producer and writer for every Olympic primetime show at each of the past 14 Olympic Games (2000 through 2026). In 2024 and 2026, Primetime in Paris and Primetime in Milan, the primetime shows for the Paris and Milan Cortina Olympics, won critical acclaim and each was primetime’s #1 show for all 17 nights.

In addition to programming and editorial, Gesue works on Olympic and Paralympic project management, strategy, relationships and sales partnerships.

Gesue previously served as SVP of Olympics and Paralympics Production (2012-2022), and was the first Executive Editor for NBC Sports, overseeing all NBC Sports editorial, writers and researchers. He also spent seven years as co-Producer of the most- watched studio show in sports, Football Night in America, as well as four Super Bowl pregame shows on NBC.

He is the winner of 23 Emmys for his work on Olympic coverage, the 2018 World Cup, and the network’s Wimbledon coverage. Gesue’s accolades also include a Peabody Award for his work on the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. In addition to his programming, production, and managerial duties, Gesue was the head writer for NBC’s primetime coverage of the 2006 Torino and 2008 Beijing Olympics, and has co-produced and written several long-form NBC Olympic documentaries.

Gesue joined NBC in 1994 as an Olympic Researcher for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Before that, he was a sportswriter for The Journal News in Westchester County covering New York City area sports teams. Gesue graduated from Princeton in 1993, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in politics. A native of Croton on Hudson, NY, he and his wife, Katie, have three children, Rowen, Joseph and Celia.