Jacqueline Gold, Chief Executive of Ann Summers and Knickerbox, is one of Britain's most successful businesswomen. She has been voted the second Most Powerful Woman in Retail Week, the Most Inspirational Businesswoman in the UK in a survey by Barclays Bank and handbag.com, one of Britain's 10 Most Powerful Women by both Cosmopolitan and Woman magazines, and Business Communicator of the Year 2004.
At the age of 21, after joining Ann Summers as a wages clerk, Jacqueline saw the potential of selling sexy lingerie and sex toys to women in the privacy of their own homes. Working her way through the ranks she was made Chief Executive in 1987, and quickly transformed the company into a multi-million pound concern.
Jacqueline has been the subject of several documentaries including Back To The Floor (BBC2, 2001), Ann Summers Uncovered (ITV1, 2003) and So What Do You Do All Day (BBC2, 2004); co-presented the daytime business series Mind Your Own Business (BBC1, 2005) and appeared on Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway (ITV1, 2007) and The Verdict (BBC1, 2007). She is a columnist for Retail Week, New Business and Kent Business.
