Towie's Tommy Mallet makes Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list after making millions from his footwear br

TOMMY Mallet has been named in the Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list after making millions from his hugely successful trainer brand.

The 28-year-old, who rose to fame on Towie, launched his line - Mallet London - in 2015 and has made sales of more than £11 million.

His trainers are stocked in more than 150 stores around the world and have been worn by celebrities such as Drake, will.i.am and Craig David.

Known for their metallic heel clip, they sell for around £175 and he has branched out into women and children’s shoes too.

His bio on the prestigious Forbes list read: “Tommy Mallet left school due to dyslexia with no qualifications and he worked as a carpenter before becoming a reality TV star.

“The sneakerhead channelled his passion into his own footwear line in 2015, and the business clocked £11.8million in sales in 2020 with its shoes and apparel stocked in over 150 stores around the world.”

Delighted with the news, Tommy told his followers: “Honoured to be chosen for the Forbes 30 under 30 list!! FORBES LIST YOU KNOW Thank you, Forbes.”

His girlfriend Georgia Kousoulou, who is currently pregnant with his child, couldn’t have been prouder and commented:  “How lucky is our baby, he has you teaching him and showing him the world.”

Tommy previously revealed that he was bullied at school when his family were unable to afford stylish trainers.

Speaking of the traumatic ordeal, 25-year-old Tommy told FEMAIL: "I'm not going to lie, it didn't make me feel good at all.

"But at the end of the day everyone goes through hard times. Not being able to afford them made me want to push forward and prove to not only them, but also to myself, that I could get to where I wanted to be, and be even more than that!"

Tommy - who left school without any GCSEs - also told the publication how he had to stay on the "right path."

He explained: "I feel like at one point in my life I definitely could have had the potential to go down the wrong path but ultimately, I knew that I wanted to do things the right way and to succeed. So staying on the right track was important to me."

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He added: "When I was younger I never had enough money to buy a pair of trainers that I genuinely liked because they were all so expensive, so I put pen to paper and decided to design something similar.

"We went from having a £50,000 turnover at the end of our first year to having a turnover of around £2.5 million towards the end of our second year."

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