Simon Nixon

Moneysupermarket was established in 1993 by Nixon, at the time a student at the University of Nottingham, and Duncan Cameron as a provider of off-line mortgage information to independent financial advisors under the name Mortgage 2000.^[6] and in 1999 launched moneysupermarket.com providing on-line mortgage information.^[7] Since then the business has been developed to provide credit card and personal loan information.^[7] Nixon is currently the second largest shareholder in the company, behind Capital Group.^[8]

In December 2015, The Guardian reported that his next share sale, on which he avoided British capital gains tax at 28% having moved to Jersey in 2013, would make him a billionaire.^[9] In 2016 Nixon sold his remaining 6.9% stake for £124m.^[10]

Nixon runs an international luxury holiday rental website, Simon Escapes, offering holiday homes in some of his favourite destinations.^[11]

Nixon has said that backing fast-growing businesses helped him become a billionaire. He has invested over £100m into startups including organic food and drink website The Food Market and Kabbee, a price comparison and booking app for London minicabs.^[12]

In 2013, Nixon had been living in Chester, and was considering moving abroad, because the British weather is so "bloody awful", but added that "I will always keep my roots in Chester. I would never sell my house in Chester - it’s where my family and friends are."^[13]

In 2013, Nixon moved to Jersey.^[9] He has a "long term girlfriend", and also owns homes in Cornwall, Lake Windermere, Deia, Majorca, and Barbados.^[13] His property in Malibu, California, dubbed "The Fortress", survived the Palisades Fire in 2025 with minimal damage.^[14]

In 2025, the Sunday Times Rich List estimated his net worth to be £1.95 billion.^[15]