Simon Nixon Biography
Simon Nixon is a British billionaire businessman who co-founded and previously served as the deputy chairman of Moneysupermarket.com. He made the majority of his money through his price comparison website MoneySuperMarket.
How old is Simon Nixon? – Age
He is 55 years old as of August 2022. He was born in 1967 in Stamford, United Kingdom.
Simon Nixon Family
He attended St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School in Flint before attending the University of Nottingham, where he dropped out because his accounting degree was “boring.”
Simon Nixon Wife
He has a “long-term girlfriend,” as well as properties in Cornwall, Lake Windermere, Deia, Majorca, and Barbados.
Simon Nixon Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of 1.3 billion USD.
Simon Nixon House
Nixon has staked his claim to a half-acre of coveted Carbon Beach real estate. This January, he paid exactly $10,000,000 for the larger house (the one on the right) (2016). Six months later, he paid another $14,500,000 for the property to the left. The total is $24.5 million, but Yolanda is rounding it up to $25 million. We’re a little OCD, in case you hadn’t already guessed. Mr. Nixon’s first purchase was 1952 mid-century modern by Alfred T. “Hap” Gillman, a well-known Frank Lloyd Wright associate.
Simon Nixon Career
Nixon, then a student at the University of Nottingham, and Duncan Cameron founded Moneysupermarket in 1993 as a provider of off-line mortgage information to independent financial advisors under the name Mortgage 2000, and in 1999 launched moneysupermarket.com, which provided online mortgage information. Since then, the company has expanded to provide credit card and personal loan information. Nixon is currently the company’s second-largest shareholder, trailing only Capital Group.
The Guardian reported in December 2015 that his next share sale, on which he would avoid British capital gains tax at 28% after moving to Jersey in 2013, would make him a billionaire. Nixon sold his remaining 6.9% stake for £124 million in 2016. Nixon runs Simon Escapes, an international luxury vacation rental website that offers vacation homes in some of his favorite destinations.
Nixon has stated that investing in fast-growing businesses assisted him in becoming a billionaire. He has invested more than £100 million in startups such as The Food Market, an organic food and drink website, and Kabbee, a price comparison and booking app for London minicabs.