Background
Farage was born in Farnborough, Kent, on 3 April 1964, to Guy Farage and Barbara Stevens. His father was a stockbroker in the City, who left the family home when Nigel was five years old. Farage was educated at Dulwich College. In 1982 he joined the London commodity brokerage firm Drexel Burnham Lambert. In 1986, he joined Credit Lyonnais Rouse. He joined Refco in 1994, and Natexis Metals in 2003.
In his early 20s, Farage was diagnosed with testicular cancer but made a full recovery.
Farage has been married twice. He married Gráinne Hayes in 1988, with whom he had two children: Samuel (1989) and Thomas (1991). The marriage was dissolved in 1997. In 1999 he married Kirsten Mehr, a German national, by whom he has two more children, Victoria (born 2000) and Isabelle (born 2005).
Farage has published a book of memoirs, entitled "Fighting Bull" ("Flying Free" in paperback), outlining the founding of UKIP and his personal and political life so far.
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