Every week Martin Lewis comforts, consoles, and offers amazing financial advice to people across the UK on his ITV1 show The Martin Lewis Money Show: Live. At times he sometimes becomes emotional as he attempts to help those in desperate situations.
But who is the man behind the advice and how did he become the nation's expert? The TV star also has a famous wife and he recently revealed he almost quit his job after thinking that there was no place for financial journalism on TV.
Here is everything you need to know about Martin Lewis. You can keep up to date with the latest TV and showbiz news by signing up to the newsletter here.
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Who is Martin Lewis' famous wife?
Although Martin keeps his personal life very private, we do know he is not the only famous face in his family. He is married to Lara Lewington who is a television presenter on the BBC's technology programme, Click.
Previously she was the Channel 5 news weather presenter from 2003 to 2009. The couple married 14 years ago on May 31, 2009 and share a daughter. You can read more about Lara here.
What is Martin Lewis' net worth?
Martin established his successful website MoneySavingExpert.com in 2003 for just £100 and sold it just under a decade later to MoneySupermarket, in a move which earned him £87 million. Today, the money-saving guru is believed to be worth £123 million as reported by The Sunday Times Rich List in 2021.
How did Martin Lewis become a money-saving expert?
Martin was born in Manchester and grew up in Cheshire. His mum, Susan Lewis, died in a horse riding accident when Martin was just 11 years old.
He studied Government and Law at the London School of Economics and studied a postgraduate degree in Broadcast Journalism at the University of Cardiff. After graduating, Martin became the general secretary for the LSE Students' Union and later worked for the Brunswick Group which is a financial communications consultancy.
After graduating in journalism at the University of Cardiff, Lewis became a producer for the BBC Business Unit working on the BBC Radio Five Live business programmes and as an editor of BBC Radio 4's Today programme business slot. His work from there included writing for the Sunday Express, presenting Money Saving Expert slots on Channel 5 daytime show Open House with Gloria Hunniford, and as a business and personal finance reporter on BBC One's Breakfast News.
In February 2003 Martin Lewis created his website MoneySavingExpert.com. In September 2012 he sold the website to the Moneysupermarket.com group for up to £87m but remained editor-in-chief.
In July 2015 Lewis sold just over half his shareholding in Moneysupermarket.com, obtained in the sale of Money Saving Expert, for £25.2 million. He began presenting his show The Martin Lewis Money Show in 2012 and often appears on the ITV morning show This Morning to give finical advice.
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