Jeff Lewis (real estate speculator)

Jeffrey Thomas "Jeff" Lewis (born March 24, 1970) is an American real estate speculator, interior designer, and television personality. He is best known for his Bravo channel reality show Flipping Out.

Lewis was born in Orange County, California on March 24, 1970. He is a 1988 graduate of Mater Dei High School. He attended both the University of Southern California and Chapman University where he was pre-law and a political science major.

After graduating from college in 1993, Lewis began working for a real estate agent. In 1999, Lewis began his occupation as a real-estate speculator and interior designer. He started his own design firm in 2009. In 2010 he was asked by House Beautiful to design their "Kitchen of the Year," which was showcased at Rockefeller Center. Starting in 2013, he has created lines of products for homes such as paints, rugs, tiles, and doors.

Flipping Out debuted on July 31, 2007. The show focuses on Lewis' flip projects and his interior design business. The ninth and most recent season premiered on July 13, 2016. A spinoff, Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis debuted on Bravo on March 14, 2012 and ran for two seasons. He was also a regular panelist on the show Property Envy.

Lewis is in a relationship with his business manager, Gage Edwards. They had a baby via surrogate, born on October 25, 2016.

He was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder in his twenties.

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