Martin Lewis OBE |
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Born |
Martin Steven Lewis 9 May 1972 Withington, Manchester, England |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Television presenter, journalist, author, entrepreneur |
Years active | 1994–present |
Known for | Founder, editor and chief of MoneySavingExpert.com |
Television | The Martin Lewis Money Show,This Morning,Good Morning Britain |
Spouse(s) | Lara Lewington (m. 2009) |
Family | Debby Jupe (sister) |
Website | MoneySavingExpert.com |
Martin Steven Lewis OBE (born 9 May 1972 in Withington, Manchester, Lancashire) is an English journalist, television presenter and author. He also created the website MoneySavingExpert.com
Since 2012, Lewis has co-presented his own ITV primetime show The Martin Lewis Money Show with Saira Khan. He also makes regular weekly appearances as Financial Editor on both This Morning and Good Morning Britain.
Lewis was born at Withington Hospital in Manchester in 1972. His family lived in the Manchester suburb of Didsbury. While still a youngster, Lewis moved with his family to the village of Norley near Delamere Forest in rural Cheshire where his father was appointed headmaster of Delamere Forest School; a Jewish school for students with special educational needs.
Lewis attended the King's School, an independent school in Chester. Lewis went on to read government and law at the London School of Economics. In 1997, Lewis became a postgraduate student in broadcast journalism at Cardiff University Centre for Journalism Studies. In 2013, Lewis was given an honorary doctorate in business administration from the University of Chester.