Matthew Lesko
Matthew Lesko was born in United States of America, United States on May 11th, 1943 and is the Non-Fiction Author. At the age of 81, Matthew Lesko biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Matthew John Lesko (born May 11, 1943) is an American author best known for his books and infomercials on federal grant support.
Over twenty books have describing how to get money from the US government.
Lesko's signature style extends to his daily attire and transportation, earning him the nickname Question Mark Guy, who is best known for recording television commercials, infomercials, and interviews with question marks.
Life and career
Lesko grew up in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He is of Slovak descent. Lesko received his undergraduate degree from Marquette University in Milwaukee. Upon graduation he was commissioned as an officer in the Navy. In the Navy, he served as a navigator aboard the USS Oxford in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. When Lesko returned he earned a master's degree in business administration (MBA) from American University in Washington, D.C.
In 1975, Lesko quit his job designing computerized information systems and co-founded Washington Researchers with his then-wife Leila K. Kight.
After a slow start, Lesko started sending out a professional newsletter telling people how to get free information and, by 1979, Washington Researchers employed 30 people in its Washington, D.C. office.
As side lines of business, Lesko began publishing directories for those who preferred to do their own research, such as the Researcher's Guide to Washington, and conducting seminars on the types of information then available from the government.
Lesko was able to interest publisher Viking in his idea to publish a directory of government information sources in 1980. That book, Getting Yours: The Complete Guide to Government Money, was published by Viking's Penguin subsidiary in 1982.
He claims to have researched government grants for over 25 years.
Lesko lives in Kensington, Maryland, with his third wife Wendy Schaetzel Lesko and their two sons, Max and Morgan.