Simon Nixon
St. Brelade, Jersey, United Kingdom
Drop Out, Nottingham University
United Kingdom
price comparison website, Self Made
$1,000,000,000
1941
#1941 Billionaires 2019
Simon Nixon earned the bulk of his fortune from his price-comparison website MoneySuperMarket.He co-founded the company in 1993, took it public in 2007, and when he fully divested in 2016, he became a billionaire. Now, Nixon is an investor in dozens of private companies, including Airbnb, Robinhood and 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.
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