Born as Marcus Anthony Lemonis, he is a Lebanese-born American entrepreneur, philanthropist, the politician as well as a television personality. According to Marcus Lemonis biography, he was born on November 16, 1973, which makes him be 46 years old as of 2019. At present, he is serving as the CEO and the chairman for the Camping World, Gander Outdoors, The House Boardshop and Good Sam Enterprises. He has gained huge popularity for his appearance in the CNBC reality television show called The Profit which is especially concerned in saving small businesses. He is a married man and his wife name is Bobbi Raffel and together they live in Lake Forest, Illinois, the United States of America. Let’s explore in detail about Lemonis wiki below:
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Early Life and Education
Marcus Lemonis celebrates his birthday on every 16th of November. He landed the planet in 1973 and his place of birth is in Beirut, Lebanon. His birth country Lebanon was struggling with political issues, foreign invasion and civil war which made his family in trouble. The names of his biological parents are not available but his adoptive parents include father Leo Lemonis and mother Sophia Lemonis. By birth, he is a Lebanese and legally, he is an American citizen. He was raised up by Anthony Abraham (grandfather) who used to own the business of the United States’ largest Chevrolet dealerships. Moving towards Marcus education, he was enrolled at the Marquette University and gained his Master’s degree with political science as a major and criminology as a minor subject in 1995.
Career and Professional Life
Marcus gained the knowledge of business from his family and his interest in leading and management has now made him a successful American businessman. Initially, he went for politics where he became failed to ran Democrat for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives. He went to focus on his professional entrepreneurship career as he was highly influenced and motivated by his grandfather Anthony Abraham Chevrolet. For the purpose of gaining experience, he went to work in South Florida at a car dealership which was later acquired by AutoNation in 1997. He continued to work with AutoNation in managerial roles.
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Marcus made a big breakthrough in his career by implementing the business idea which his friend Lee Iaccoca gave to him to create the largest RV chain. He purchased Holiday RV Superstores and started working as its CEO until February 2003. He formed a new company called FreedomRoad and started purchasing RV dealerships across the country. The company decided to merge with Camping World in 2006. In 2011, the merged company again decided to merge with Good Sam Enterprises and Marcus was still the CEO of the company.
Although Marcus was experiencing a successful business professional, he gained popularity only after starting his television career. He appeared on NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice where he discussed the contemporary issues and challenges in the current market. He continued his television appearance by being the part of ABC’s Secret Millionaire in 2012 and CNBC reality shows The Profit in 2013. In the reality television program, Marcus invested to save various small businesses. In 2017, Marcu made his appearance in the CNBC program The Partner.
Personal Life
Moving to his personal life, The Profit star is a married man and his wife is Roberta ‘Bobbi’ Raffel. The age of Marcus Lemonis wife’s age is not revealed but seems like she is older than Marcus. They met in 2016 for the first time while both of them were attending the COTERIE trade show. Their wedding was organized at Hotel Bel-Air. Considering his birthday, the zodiac sign of Marcus is Scorpio.
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Body Measurements
Moving to body measurement, Marcus Lemonis is blessed with a tall height of 6 feet or 1.82 m. Although Marcus is a busy man who spent most of his time for his profession, he has been somehow able to manage time for his fitness. As per some wiki sites, he has a weight of 100 kilograms.
Salary and Net worth
The Chief Executive Officer of Camping World, Marcus Lemonis has amassed an estimated net worth of 1.785 USD. Thousands of people are employed under him that has made him one of the biggest employers. Marcus has made a proper utilization of his net worth as he is also serving as a philanthropist.
Wiki and Facts
The biography of billionaire Marcus Lemonis is prepared by most of the wiki sites including Wikipedia. He has gained massive popularity for being The Profit star and thus has a huge fan following. His Instagram account is available @marcuslemonis where he is being followed by over 1.4 million people. Similarly, he is also active on Twitter @marcuslemonis where he has garnered more than 584k followers now.