Martin Lewis is a financial guru best known for founding the Money Saving guru website.
He is also well-known for his several money-related TV programmes, including The Martin Lewis Money Show Live, which returns tonight (June 13) and features the expert dispensing practical money-saving advice to the public.
Martin frequently appears as an expert on other shows, including ITV’s This Morning, and has agreed to co-host Good Morning Britain with Susanna Reid.
If you’re wondering who Martin is and what he did before Money Saving Expert, here’s all you need to know.
Who is Martin Lewis?
Martin Lewis CBE is a financial journalist from the United Kingdom.
The 49-year-old from Manchester’s Withington is effectively the UK’s go-to person for money advice on everything from the cost of living problem to energy price spikes.
He created MoneySavingExpert.com from his home room in 2003, with only £80 to get things started.
The premise (helping consumers save money on their bills) soon took off, and it is today considered one of the most reputable consumer websites in the country.
It’s also well-known for its weekly money suggestions newsletter, which was once known as Martin’s Money suggestions.
Martin became a regular face on TV and wrote several newspaper pieces as a result of the site’s meteoric popularity, as well as authoring a number of money-related books.
Martin sold the website to the MoneySupermarket.com organisation in 2012.
He served as the site’s Editor-in-Chief until 2015, when he was promoted to Executive Chair of Money Saving Expert.
Martin was listed to the New Year’s Honours List in 2022, getting a CBE for his contributions to broadcasting and consumer rights. He gained his first OBE in 2014.
How much is Martin Lewis worth?
Martin Lewis’ net worth was estimated to be £123 million in 2021 by the Sunday Times Rich List.
Much of this is typically linked to the £87 million sale of MoneySavingExpert.com in 2012.
He is thought to have gotten £35 million as part of the sale, plus shares in the website for an extra £25 million.
Who is Martin Lewis’s wife?
Martin is married to Lara Lewington, a former weather presenter and TV journalist. Lara began her broadcasting career at Five and Five News in 2003 before heading to Sky News as an entertainment journalist.
She presently hosts the BBC’s technology show Click, which she joined as a reporter in 2011, and she appears as a tech expert on numerous radio and TV programmes.
Lara and Martin married in 2009, and their daughter, Sapphire, was born in November 2012.
