Rank #1984
Simon Nixon
Net worth $2.1B
Price comparison website · United Kingdom
- Born
- Aug 01, 1967
- Age
- 58
- Source
- Price comparison website
- Residence
- St. Brelade, Jersey
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Marital status
- Single
- Children
- 0
- Education
- Drop Out, Nottingham University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Simon Nixon earned the bulk of his fortune from his price-comparison website MoneySuperMarket.
- He cofounded the company in 1993, took it public in 2007, and sold all his shares in it by 2016.
- Nixon has invested in dozens of private companies, including--before they went public--Airbnb, Robinhood and Wise (formerly called Transferwise).
- He also owns luxury homes around the globe, including in Malibu and Barbados, which he lists for private holiday rentals on his site, SimonEscapes.
- In 2013, Nixon moved from Chester, England, to tax haven Jersey, where he owns a multi-million dollar home.
- Nixon studied accounting at Nottingham University before dropping out at the age of 20.