Jeff Salmon

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Jeff Salmon
Born
Jeffrey Salmon

1953 (age 69–70)
East London, United Kingdom
Occupation(s)Businessman, art dealer
AgentFishfinger Media
Children4, including GFOTY
Website www.jeffsalmon.tv

Jeffrey "Jeff" Salmon (born 1953) [1] is a British businessman and an art dealer both through his own companies and on the Channel 4 programme, Four Rooms . [2] Salmon lists amongst his clients, Kate Moss, Lily Allen, Uma Thurman and U2 guitarist Adam Clayton. [3]

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Background

Originally from East London, Salmon worked for Sotheby's between 1970 and 1977. Aged 24, he set up his own business specialising in art nouveau and art-deco. Dealing mainly in mid-20th-century design he owned two businesses based in Marylebone, London. They include Decoratum, which encompassed the two largest 20th-century furniture and design galleries in London. [4] It was listed by The Guardian newspaper as one of the most favourite shops in west London. [5] Salmon also runs a number of other companies in areas such as health care, air conditioning and facilities for people with disabilities as well as owning the rights to His Excellency , a Gilbert and Sullivan style opera. [4] Salmon lives with his wife Lucia and has four children. [6] His daughter Polly records music under the name GFOTY. [7]

Television

In 2010, Salmon was picked as one of the four dealers to appear in Four Rooms after a Channel 4 researcher visited his gallery. The programme sees the dealers attempt to buy extraordinary and unique items from members of the public. The show began airing in 2011, although Salmon left the show after the second series in 2012. He returned two years later (in 2014) for the fourth series of the show. [8] [9]

In March 2023 Salmon appeared as a contestant in the Channel 4 reality TV series, Rise and Fall . [10] He left in the thirteenth episode during a surprise double elimination.

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References

  1. ↑ "In the beginning". jeffsalmon.tv. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Jeffrey Salmon". Channel 4. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Jeff Salmon - Four Rooms". Channel 4. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  4. 1 2 "The Recent Years". jeffsalmon.tv. Archived from the original on 12 April 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  5. ↑ McCloskey, Chloe (6 May 2011). "10 of the best shops in west London". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  6. ↑ Latchem, Tom (13 May 2012). "Jeff Salmon: 'Someone who doesn't gamble hasn't lived'". The Independent . Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Cliff, Aimee (15 June 2015). "PC Music and the Limitations of Parody". The Fader . Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Four Rooms official website".
  9. ↑ "Four Rooms presenter Jeff Salmon makes Simon Cowell look like a pussycat". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  10. ↑ Debnath, Neela (23 March 2023). "Jeff Salmon net worth: How much is Rise and Fall star Jeff worth?". Daily Express. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
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