About Laurent

Laurent F. Gilbert, Jr (born in Lewiston, Maine) is best known as the founder of Amore Magazine (AmoreMag.com). The World’s First Magazine About Love.

Laurent studied Communications at the University of Southern Maine where he was most intrigued by gender related issues. He found that the issues he had dating girls were similar to his friends, who were girls, had dating guys. His belief is that the sexes are more similar than most think. Always fascinated by men’s lifestyle magazines, Laurent found there was no magazine at the time that targeted both male and female in the pre-marriage 18-34 year old demographic. Amore Magazine was born and developed in 2003. Launched in December of 2004, Amore Magazine is the world’s first lifestyle magazine about love & relationships, dating, sex, fashion, health, music, and more.

Aside from Laurent’s B.A. in Communications he holds an Associate in Applied Science in Video & Multimedia Technology from Southern Maine Technical College. While at SMTC, Laurent was a Maine Association of Broadcasters Scholar in 2000.

In 1996 Laurent was a staff member for Maine’s former Governor Joseph Brennan in his bid for U.S. Senate campaign. He traveled the State of Maine with the former Governor on his campaign bus to various rallies to get out the vote. Laurent has also worked on several other political campaigns including current Congressman Tom Allen’s bid for Governor of Maine in 1994, and current Maine Governor John Baldacci’s campaign for U.S. Congress prior to becoming Governor of Maine.

Laurent currently is employed at the Hearst-Arygle Television, Inc. owned, ABC affiliate, WMTW-TV 8 in Portland, Maine where he has been for the past nine years.

Laurent’s other ventures include designing and planning several nightlife events based around the theme of his Amore Magazine. Laurent also works as a consultant to several corporate clients such as Margaritas Mexican Restaurants, and Portland Restaurant Group to name a few, developing themed events to increase growth among their late night liquor sales. (Margaritas is the largest privately held restaurant chain in New England with 19 restaurants.) Laurent continues to expand his portfolio of corporate clients he works with.

Laurent successfully launched in October of 2006 the Amore Magazine podcast, a podcast that will serve as an audio extension of his Amore Magazine that will continue to build the popular Amore brand. It’s the only podcast of it’s kind.

Laurent enjoys the gym, jogging, watching ice hockey, politics, business, magazines, television, reading psychology based books, fine drinks, music, girls, and living the good life.