<Tr> <Th> Known for </Th> <Td> America's Got Talent Season 9 winner </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> matfranco.com </Td> </Tr> <P> Mat Franco (born May 10, 1988) is an American magician and the winner of the ninth season of America's Got Talent . Franco rose above hundreds of thousands of acts to become the first magician in history to win, including the $1 million prize . Best known for his personality - driven, sleight - of - hand style of magic, Mat Franco's TV specials marked the first time NBC produced a spin - off show around their AGT winner . Franco is currently headlining in at The LINQ Hotel and Casino at the Mat Franco Theater in Las Vegas . </P> <P> Franco was born in Johnston, Rhode Island . After he saw magic on TV when he was four, he begged his parents to get him a magic set . He then began performing tricks in his kindergarten class . One of his greatest influences and the first assistant was his grandmother, who used to read magic instructions to Mat when he was too young to read for himself . One of Mat's favorite memories is when he and his grandmother tried to figure out a way to make cards appear out of thin air, like a magician they had seen on television . They hung a black curtain in the living room and cut a hole in it . Mat's grandmother hid on the other side and passed cards through the curtain to Mat while his grandfather watched, playing along with that "grandma must have stepped outside for a minute" and that he had no idea how the cards were appearing . </P>

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