Matt Paxton Biography
Matt Paxton is an American cleaning expert, speaker, author, and radio personality. He is known for being a cast on the reality television show; Hoarders which airs on A&E.
After the deaths of his father, stepfather, and both grandfathers in the same year, Paxton started cleaning out houses. This is why Matt has been helping families who are having trouble with hoarding and moving for almost 20 years. Matt helps families see the good in getting rid of waste all the time as a public speaker, TV host, and radio host.
Paxton was once an owner of Clutter Cleaner from August 2005- March 2019 where he was an extreme cleaning specialist, natural cleaning product designer, and host of the 5 Decisions Away. Paxton helped to start Legacy Navigator, a private estate management company that helps families going through hard times by giving them support, and administrative, and project-based services.
People may need help during these times, such as when a loved one dies, they get sick, they move into a smaller home, or for any other reason. Our business is giving our clients the help they need. Paxton is a television host, Co-founder of Shipyard Entertainment, and board member of Artifcts since July 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia United States. Paxton earned his degree at the University of Mary Washington from 1993-1997.
Matt Paxton Age
Paxton is 46 years old. However, he has neither disclosed the date, month nor the year he was born. Thus, it is not known when he celebrates his birthday.
Matt Paxton Height and Weight
Paxton stands at a height of 5 feet 11 inches tall (1.80m) and weighs 71 kgs (156 lbs).
Matt Paxton Family
Paxton was born to his loving parents. However, his dad Ed, died at the age of 52 years when Paxton was just 24 years old. His stepfather and grandfather also died in two years period. He started doing the hoarding business because of his grandfather. He always advised him to do something that people hate doing since they will pay for it to be done by someone else.
Matt Paxton Wife
Paxton is married to Zoe Kim, a decluttering specialist and an author. Paxton and Kim met in 2019 when he was finalizing his divorce from his previous wife Sarah Paxton and they began dating. Kim was building her dream home near downtown when she moved to Suwanee with her four kids. Paxton was blessed with three sons from his previous marriage. They are now parents to seven children and the family resides in Atlanta Georgia.
Kim moved into 2,700 square feet of sleek, modern farmhouse-style living space, during the pandemic. As her relationship with Paxton grew stronger, they talked about whether they should live in Richmond or Atlanta. Not long ago, he had to downsize himself by moving into Kim’s smaller house. He went through a lot of boxes of family stuff to decide what to keep and what to throw away.
When Paxton brought his things to Kim’s house, he had to follow what he said on the “Legacy List” and only keep things that had a good story behind them. And he tells those stories to his three boys all the time so they don’t forget.
Matt Paxton Salary
Paxto earns a salary of about $20,000-$80,000 annually.
Matt Paxton Net Worth
Paxto has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through his career as a television personality.
Matt Paxton Legacy List
The most important thing Paxton has learned in twenty years of moving around is that it’s never about what’s happening. When Paxton hosts Legacy List, he talks about families who are moving or settling the estate of a loved one. He and his team of experts go through attics, basements, and decades of memories in each show to find a few important items that the family can’t find. The families will share their own stories about these items every week, along with the stories of the interesting people and events behind them.
Matt Paxton Book
- Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff
- The Secret Lives of Hoarders
Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff, a book he wrote with AARP, helps you sort through years of stuff, get rid of things that don’t serve you anymore, and find the things you want to keep so you can focus on living in the present. The Secret Lives of Hoarders is more than just scary stories about how the book’s authors dealt with the worst, dirtiest, and most shocking hoarding cases in the country. See this secret epidemic from behind the scenes to learn what it is, how to spot it before it gets out of hand, and how to deal with it.
Matt Paxton First Wife
Paxton was previously married to Sarah Paxton. They divorced in 2019 due to reasons unknown. Sarah and Kim, Paxton’s current wife came into an agreement that Sarah would move to Suwanee with her three sons where they live three blocks away from Kim and her husband. Paxton and Sarah are still on good terms and are co-parenting
Hoarders
Paxton is the host of the American television show that first premiered on August 17, 2009. The new season will debut on January 8, 2024. Paxton has helped people from all walks of life get rid of waste and downsize. As a featured cleaner on Hoarders and host of the Emmy-nominated PBS show Legacy List with Matt Paxton, he has found the mental obstacles that most organizational experts miss but that keep a lot of people from getting rid of their stuff. Paxton brings his unique insight to a necessary job by using moving stories from the thousands of people and families he has worked with.
The show “Hoarders,” which was nominated for an Emmy and won a Critics Choice Television Award, shows some of the worst and most difficult hoards. In each show, a person who is struggling with hoarding works with professionals, family, and friends in a race against the clock to get their homes clean and their lives back in balance.
In the Hoarders, other casts include Dr David Tolin, Dr Robin Zasio, Carolina Harvey, Cory Chalmers, Brandon Bronaugh, and Dorothy Breiningerd.
Matt Paxton Social Media Platforms
Paxton is very active on his Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages. He has 14.7k followers on Twitter 16.3k followers on Instagram, and 35.6k followers on Facebook.