Mary Portas

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mary Portas
Occupation	TV Show Host
Date Of Birth	May 28, 1960(1960-05-28)
Age	64
Birthplace	Watford
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Taurus

Mary Portas Biography

Mary Portas is one of the most popular and richest TV Show Host who was born on May 28, 1960 in Watford, England, United Kingdom. Expert in retail and TV personality popular as host of Mary the Queen of Shops and its subsequent spinoffs. She was also co-manager of The TV show Hotel GB.

In the Hotel GB she was co-manager with famous restauranteur On Hotel GB, she served as co-manager alongside notorious restauranteur Gordon Ramsay..

In 1997, Portas left Harvey Nichols to launch her consultancy business, Yellowdoor. When asked in a Radio Times interview why she left Harvey Nichols, Portas is quoted to have said “I wanted to create my own world. I wanted freedom.”

In 1997 Portas left Harvey Nichols to launch an agency, Yellowdoor, producing campaigns and for clients including Clarks, Louis Vuitton, Oasis Stores, Swarovski, Dunhill, Boden, Thomas Pink, Patek Philippe and Mercedes-Benz, Sainsbury’s, Habitat, Westfield, Liberty and The Body Shop . In January 2013 she re-launched her agency as Portas Agency Ltd. Today, Portas Agency advises retail clients from every continent, and the businesses success is built on an obsessive understanding of human and cultural behaviour.

Her husband was a chemical engineer, and Unilever Executive Graham Portas from 1989 to 2003. They had two children: Mylo as well as Verity. She later married her partner Melanie Rickey in 2010. The couple Rickey are parents to a child named Horatio who was born through the sperm donation of the brother of Lawrence Newton.

Mary Portas Net Worth

Mary Portas is one of the richest TV Show Host from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mary Portas 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Because of the death of her parents at the age of teen She turned down an opportunity at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art to help the younger sibling of hers. Then, her retail career began with employment with John Lewis and Harrods.

She has written several works, such as the informative publications Windows the Art of Retail Display the Art of Retail Display and How to Shop with Mary The Queen of Shops and the memoir Mary Portas Shop Girl A memoir.

Mary Portas (née Newton; born 28 May 1960) is an English retail consultant and broadcaster, known for her retail- and business-related television shows, founding her creative agency Portas and her appointment by David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, to lead a review into the future of Britain’s high streets.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Mary Portas Dating?

According to our records, Mary Portas married to Melanie Rickey , Melanie Rickey , Graham Portas. As of December 1, 2023, Mary Portas’s is not dating anyone.

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The column is said to have inspired Mary’s first television series, Mary, Queen of Shops, which aired on BBC2 on 31 May 2007.

Facts & Trivia

Mary Ranked on the list of most popular TV Show Host. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Mary Portas celebrates birthday on May 28 of every year.

Between 2008 and 2010, Portas wrote a weekly column for consumer fashion magazine Grazia, offering career advice and mentoring.

Is Mary Portas still married?

In 2019, Mary announced that she was parting ways from her wife after 17-years of marriage. The fashion writer and Melanie released a joint statement that read: “After 17 years together we have decided to separate. There is no one else involved,” they said.

What happened to Mary Portas clothing?

But The Mail on Sunday can reveal that Mary Portas has herself disappeared from the high street after her fashion line was quietly dropped by House of Fraser. The 55-year-old had aimed the clothes at women aged over 40, who she felt were ‘invisible’ to major stores.

Why has Mary Portas changed her hair?

Now, she looks much more natural, more mellow, calmer. “I loved it when I had my bob but that was me then and this is me now. I’m a calmer, more grounded, more centred person who’s very clear with what they want from the world,” Portas, 61, says. The hair change began in lockdown when she was asked to go on BBC News.

Where is Mary Portas now?

She had moved to Primrose Hill, North London and her three children were with her during lockdown – Verity and Mylo, who she had with her former husband Graham Portas, and Horatio, who she had with Rickey.

Does Mary Portas have a partner?

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