Geoff Dwight is the half-brother of the famous personality Elton John who is a British singer, pianist and song composer. He is much younger than Elton John. They share the same dad but different biological mothers. By profession, he is a yurt builder, music organizer, software engineer etc. But he is famous for being related to Elton John.
WIKI BIO
Geoff Dwight was born in Wirral, Cheshire, England, UK, 1966. He is now 57 years old in 2023.
Family
Geoff is the son of father Stanley Dwight and mother Edna Dwight. Stanley Dwight served in the Royal Air Force. His father previously married Sheila Eileen Dwight, and they had a son, Elton John- the greatest musician of all time. Geoff Dwight is the half-brother of Elton John. Geoff also had three biological siblings – Stan, Simon and Robert. Stan is an Accountant, Simon is a Civil Engineer and Robert works for a lottery operator. Geoff’s grandparents were Edwin Dwight and Ellen Shirley. Elton John shared that Stanley was an absent father in all his life events whereas Geoff shared that he had a lot of fun with Elton John growing up and celebrating family events. Geoff also shared that he enjoyed Elton’s stories whenever they met. Their father Stanley Dwight died in December 1991.
Education
Geoff got a scholarship from Ruthin School. He was good in school and excelled in his studies. After school, he started to study for a degree in Engineering Design at Warwick University. However, after his girlfriend became pregnant, he had to drop out of his degree.
Personal life
After dropping out, Geoff married his girlfriend and they had two children. But later they got divorced. He is now married to Karen who is 47 years old. He is now the father of seven children. Sources say that he lives in an alternative community in Ruthin, North Wales. He lives from hand to mouth. To support his family, he had to do odd jobs. He makes yurts, builds Celtic harps, and sells firewood. When he went through a hard time in 1995, he built a shed in the garden, where he lived for a year. He also had to rent out his home. When he was only 18, he was given a four-year prison sentence for robbery. He was also fined in 2021 for breaching coronavirus rules by going to an illegal rave and he was fined £200 this time. Class A drugs were also found at his home for which he was fined £120. His personal life was full of struggles and not a smooth one. He was also found to be in possession of magic mushrooms at his home in December 2021.
Career
As music runs through his family, Geoff is also interested in music and organizes musical events. He also worked as a Software Engineer and he has been designing a database that can hold the world’s data in it. Other than that, there is no news of any fixed career of Geoff Dwight.
Net Worth
Geoff’s net worth as of 2023 is $16 Million.
Conclusion
we can easily see how much different Geoff’s life was from Elton John even though they were siblings. But they are not on good terms and have their own differences. Geoff also said that he could live on his own without Elton John’s help. He also said that he is proud of Elton but they just have different lives to lead in their own way.
