MARTIN LEWIS: THE MONEY MAN

Martin Lewis is a British journalist,

TV presenter and writer. He knows a lot

about money: how to spend it, where to

use it, and, most of all, how to save it!

Martin was always interested in saving money and helping

other people to save money. He gave tips to friends about

it, he talked about it on television and he wrote about it in a

national newspaper. In 2003, he decided to start a website,

moneysavingexpert.com. He paid a man in Uzbekistan £100 to

design the site and soon thousands of people were using it.

The website gave lots of useful information. It told people

which times of the day supermarkets had the most special

offers. It helped people get discounts on everything from

clothes to holidays. It told people when shops had sales on. The

website helped people to buy things that they couldn’t afford to

buy before. And if you needed to borrow money to buy a new

car or a house, it told you which banks were the best to lend

it to you. Lots of people started using moneysavingexpert.com

and started telling their friends about it.

The website has been a huge success and Martin has done very

well. Over 13 million people now use moneysavingexpert.com

every month and in 2012, Martin Lewis sold the site to another

company for £87 million. But Martin hasn’t stopped helping

people. Since selling the website, he has given away over £10

million to charities that help people look after their money. He’s

certainly made a lot of people smile. And it all started with £100.