Website founder cashes in MONEYSUPERMARKET founder Simon Nixon has netted £98million by selling shares in the price comparison business he set up 25 years ago as he prepares to step down from its board. Nixon, who led the business through its stock market float in 2007 before stepping down as chief executive, sold 32 million shares or a 5 per cent stake at 305p. He retains a 6.9 per cent holding but will leave the board at the end of this year. Shares fell 14¼p to 314p. Chairman Bruce Carnegie-Brown said: "It is arguably the most successful UK e-commerce business founded in the 1990s."