{"id":53871,"date":"2026-05-20T00:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T23:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=53871"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:53:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T14:53:18","slug":"hes-an-investor-in-loverboy-so-lets-meet-the-very-rich-in-the-city-newbie-kenny-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/05\/20\/hes-an-investor-in-loverboy-so-lets-meet-the-very-rich-in-the-city-newbie-kenny-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"He&#8217;s an investor in Loverboy, so let&#8217;s meet the very rich In The City newbie Kenny Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kenny Martin is one of the new cast members on In The City, and has been dating co-star Whitney Fransway for a year. Whilst he&#8217;s involved in Kyle Cooke&#8217;s Loverboy business as an investor we don&#8217;t know a lot about him, so let&#8217;s find out more!<\/p>\n<h2>He previously worked on Wall Street<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXVBm0qjvmm\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXVBm0qjvmm\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Kenny Martin (@kendonmartin)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\nKenny is a &#8220;self-made real estate investor and venture capitalist&#8221;, with him sharing more with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-daily-dish\/what-does-the-in-the-city-cast-do-for-a-living-career-details-explained\">Bravo<\/a>: &#8220;I spent 15, 16 years on Wall Street, and then I left Wall Street and I started my own private equity real estate development company.<\/p>\n<p>He explained: \u201cI invested in apartment communities, apartment buildings. I&#8217;ll buy an apartment building, and renovate the building, and then either sell it, keep it in cash flow, and refinance it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kenny is also an investor in Loverboy and also does &#8220;venture capital investing on the side.\u201d He was also\u00a0 involved in Whitney\u2019s Wittys launch, as well as other projects like Gavin\u2019s bar, The Garret.<\/p>\n<h2>He sadly lost his mother last year<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_53883\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53883\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53883\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2026-05-19T154854.310.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2026-05-19T154854.310.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2026-05-19T154854.310-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2026-05-19T154854.310-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2026-05-19T154854.310-768x403.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Via Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The death of his mother Sandra is a central plot point on In The City, and Kenny Martin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kendonmartin\/p\/DE7ih4rxw5T\/\">made a heartbreaking post<\/a> about her passing last year.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024 she was told that she had terminal cancer, with Kenny sharing that &#8220;six months ago we were chatting on the porch after dinner, and a week later we found out she had terminal cancer and wouldn\u2019t walk or even be able to come home again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He continued: &#8220;I lost the love of my life last week. At 64yrs young, she was the most selfless woman I\u2019ve ever known. Her only goal in life was to provide her boys with a better opportunity than she ever had, and although it was never easy as a single mother, I made sure to remind her every chance I got that she had absolutely accomplished that goal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Reality Shrine<\/a><\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" 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