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.
