Marcus Lemonis

Marcus Lemonis is known for breathing life back into struggling small businesses on CNBC’s The Profit. He has also appeared on several other television shows. In his upcoming new series, The Renovator, Marcus will help frustrated homeowners transform their homes into ideal spaces. The show is slated to premiere on HGTV in 2022. Marcus’s birth mother left him on the steps of a Lebanese orphanage when he was just four days old. Sophia and Leo Lemonis adopted Marcus and took him to Miami, Florida. He graduated from Christopher Columbus High School in Miami. He attended Marquette University in Wisconsin where he studied Political Science, Criminology, and Economics. After college, he worked at Anthony Abraham Chevrolet—a family-owned automotive dealership. He quickly rose to the top of Camping World and became the CEO. In 2010. In 2017, the company added the failing Gander Mountain to its portfolio, renaming the businesses Gander RV.