Ben Fogle is a British travel show host who has embarked on extreme adventures around the world documented for TV. He has shared his life experiences in numerous published books.
Sun Sign
Scorpio
Residence
- North Kensington, West London, England, United Kingdom
- Chiltern Village of Fawley, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, South East England, United Kingdom
Manager
He is represented by –
- Hilary Murray, Arlington Enterprises Limited
- Alison Griffin Associates (Publicist)
- Lunar Talent Agency
- Champions Speakers Agency
- Contraband Entertainment and Events Agency
- Kruger Cowne Worldwide
- Gordon Poole Agency
Girlfriend / Spouse
Ben has dated –
- (2004–Present) – Marina met her husband, Ben at Hyde Park while both of them were walking their respective dogs. They got married in September 2006. The couple’s firstborn is a son named Ludovic Herbert Richard (b. December 2009) followed by a daughter named Iona Chiara (b. May 2011). They had a stillborn son named Willem in August 2014 after which they decided not to try for any more kids.
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
- Rugged features and personality
- Prominent nose (Broke it in his early 20s while volunteering for a Royal Marines riot training exercise)
Brand Endorsements
- He has served as the brand ambassador for the Danish construction toy brand LEGO (2012) and clothing lines, Iffley Road, J.Crew, and Barbour Wilderness Collection.
- Ben was also cast in TV commercials for Typhoo (2013).
- He is the brand ambassador and destination expert for Celebrity Cruises (2013) and worldwide touring ambassador for Virgin Holidays.
- Ben promotes the use of electric cars on social media being the ambassador for Go Ultra Low organization.
- He has also endorsed Kiwi wine brand Cloudy Bay (2017).
- He is the celebrity ambassador for the travel health campaign for Sanofi Pasteur (2019).
- For 3 years, he was co-owner and promoter of a healthy snack company called Dilly & Wolf (2013–2015).
Ben Fogle Favorite Things
- School Subject – Geography
- Animal – Dog (Labrador breed)
- Beverage – Tea
- Authors – Ben Okri, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Bookstore – Lutyens & Rubinstein, Notting Hill, London
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Ben Fogle Facts
- Even though Geography was his favorite subject in school, he flunked it in his A-level exams.
- It took him 6 attempts to pass the test to get his driver’s license.
- He has 2 black Labrador pet dogs named Storm and Nero.
- Ben is allergic to cats.
- At the age of 18, he took off to Ecuador for a gap year and worked in an orphanage teaching English.
- He extended his time for a 2nd year to work alongside the American Peace Corps on a turtle conservation project on the Mosquito Coast of Honduras and Nicaragua.
- He is a regular skier, keen horseman, a qualified diver, coastal skipper, experienced sailor, and a trained pilot.
- Upon graduating, Ben wanted to work for Condé Nast Traveler magazine but his application ended up with Tatler magazine where he was hired as a picture editor. Around this time, he applied to get cast as one of the participants of Castaway 2000, a social experiment reality show by BBC network that required 36 participants to live self-sufficiently as a community on an isolated Scottish island of Taransay for 1 year.
- After the show was aired, Fogle got his first book deal and a series of presentation appointments for BBC documentaries and travel shows.
- As a diehard lover of adventure, over the years Fogle has undertaken extreme feats such as rowing across the Atlantic Ocean, cycling a rickshaw from Edinburgh to London non-stop (423 miles), and summiting the Mount Everest in 6 weeks.
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Facts of Benjamin Myer Fogle
- Gender Male
- full nameBenjamin Myer Fogle
- middle nameMyer
- nicknamesBen
- birthplaceWestminster, London, England, United Kingdom
- Date of Birth November 03, 1973
- Age 51 years 1 months
- Horoscope Scorpio
- Lucky Number 7
- Lucky Stone Garnet
- Lucky Color Purple
- Best Match for Marriage Capricorn, Cancer, Pisces
- ethnicity / ethnic backgroundCanadian and English
- nationalityAmerican
- net worth£2.6million
- professionTV Presenter, Travel Writer, Professional Adventurer (Gained 1 acting credit as an actor in 2009 & 1 credit as Executive Producer in 2011), Activist
- weight75 kg or 165.5 lbs
- height6 ft or 183 cm
- hair colorLight Brown
- eye colorHazel
- body type / buildAthletic
- collegeUniversity of Portsmouth
- motherJulia Foster
- fatherBruce Fogle
- sistersTamara Fogle