Jeremy Hunt profile: rising star who survived expenses scandal After a stint as a trainee management consultant, Mr Hunt, left, travelled to Japan to teach English. He then set up an educational publishing business company called Hotcourses, which paid him almost £2 million in dividends in two years. The company now employs more than 200 people. Mr Hunt was elected to the safe South West Surrey seat in 2005, replacing Virginia Bottomley, now Baroness Bottomley. An early supporter of David Cameron, he was fast-tracked to the shadow cabinet within two years of arriving at Westminster. Mr Hunt, who is 45, married Lucia Guo in 2009 and the couple have one son. The Culture Secretary's interests include Latin music and dancing. According to his register of interests, he part-owns a holiday home in Italy. Three years ago, Mr Hunt had to repay more than £9,500 in expenses and was forced to apologise after it emerged he had let his election agent stay for free at his taxpayer-subsidised home. The MP had also submitted a claim for just 1p to pay for a 12-second telephone call. In December 2010, the Radio 4 presenter James Naughtie apologised after mispronouncing Mr Hunt's name as Jeremy c--- while live on air. Fellow presenter Andrew Marr then made the same mistake and also had to apologise. The accidental slip-ups led to the minister's name becoming rhyming slang for the rude word. Mr Hunt's father is Adml Sir Nicholas Hunt, the former Commander-in-Chief Fleet. Sir Nicholas is now chairman of Ferrero UK, which sells Ferrero Rocher chocolates.