Who is Gemma Bird aka Money Mum?

GEMMA Bird aka Money Mum tin proudly accidental she is "debt escaped astatine 42".

The thrifty mother-of-two has made a vocation retired of her wealth redeeming tips and is present a fashionable influencer.

Born connected August 3, 1981, Gemma Bird is simply a wealth Influencer, columnist and best-selling author.

After pulling herself retired of debt, she utilized her currency redeeming hacks to physique herself a vocation and astatine the aforesaid clip assistance others.

After initially moving arsenic an property agent, she realised she had a acquisition erstwhile it came to making the astir of her money and became an influencer.

In 2019, she sent up her Instagram leafage @Moneymumofficial to stock her money-making and saving tips.

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Gemma revealed however it took a twelvemonth of posting regular connected the grip - which present boasts implicit 450K followers - to go a success.

In 2020, she started her “Gemma’s No Spend Days” connected societal media, which massively took off. 

Following this occurrence she got a publication deal, and her Sunday Times bestseller, Money Mum Official: Save Yourself Happy, came retired successful January 2022.

Shortly aft this Gemma was snapped up by ITV's Lorraine, wherever she regularly dishes retired her money saving tips

Making money

Now that Gemma is indebtedness escaped herself she decided to bash social media arsenic a full-time career.

Thanks to this, she was capable to wage disconnected her owe by the property of 42.

She besides makes her wealth done income of her book.

Gemma is besides a fashionable columnist for The Sun, wherever readers flock to get her apical tips connected however they prevention the pennies.

Speaking astir her knack for money, she told The Sun: "I've ever been financially savvy, mostly acknowledgment to my parents Jayne who was a stay-at-home mum erstwhile I was increasing up successful Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, and Steve who worked successful the autobus industry.

"When I was 16-18, they utilized to springiness maine £50 a period pouch wealth and erstwhile it was gone, that was it.

"It got maine into a large mindset and besides made maine determined to beryllium autarkic and gain my ain money. 

"Aged 14, I got paid for picking mushrooms earlier school, and by 18 I was moving full-time arsenic an property agent.

"I saved 80% of my wage each period portion surviving astatine location with my parents, and the remainder I’d spend."

Happy family

Gemma met her 2nd hubby Adam connected a dating app successful 2011, conscionable earlier she turned 30.

A period aft gathering him, they had moved into together, and a twelvemonth aboriginal their lad Brody was born.

In 2014 they got married, and 5 years later, their girl Bronte, came along.

Speaking astir her hubby she told The Sun: "Our marriage works due to the fact that Adam, a stay-at-home dad, and I stock the aforesaid halfway values, including being bully with money.

"Although we are financially unafraid and person nary mortgage, I’m determined to travel successful my parents’ footsteps and thatch my children the worth of money."

Gemma besides revealed that she is teaching her children astir the worth of money.

She said: "Brody gets £2 a week, and if helium spends it, helium doesn’t get more.

"Recently, helium went to the newsagent and bought a vessel of Prime.

"After, helium was stressed astir having spent his allowance, which was a invaluable lesson. 

"As a society, we request to speech much openly and honestly astir wealth – we request to recognize it.