Ann Summers CEO: The Heartbreaking Story Of One Of Britain’s Richest Women: Jacqueline Gold CBE

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2021

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Jacqueline Gold has been the CEO of AnnSummers for over thirty years, and we think after listening to this you’ll understand why she’s an inspiration to people everywhere. Taking over AnnSummers in 1987, she is now one of the richest people in the UK, and is worth over £400 million. At the beginning of her CEO journey, no one saw what she saw, that women might be interested in sex. Taking over a company run by and for men, AnnSummers and the sex industry was transformed by empowering a new audience, women. Female empowerment remains at the heart of everything she does. Jacqueline has had to overcome a lot of demons and obstacles in her life, but the attitude she’s employed to tackle these is nothing short of incredible. Jacqueline is an example of the power of approaching life with optimism and generosity, no matter what it throws at you. Follow Jacqueline: Twitter - https://twitter.com/Jacqueline_Gold Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jacquelinegoldcbe Donate to Breast Cancer Now, a charity Jacqueline is an ambassador of - https://secure.breastcancernow.org/appeal/donate Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I know what I've done has been culture changing and I'm super proud of that.
0:04.4	All hell would kick loose if that happened today.
0:06.6	I was poisoned by my nanny, I've had a bullet through the post.
0:09.6	It was so important to me not to feel like a victim. You know anybody that's listening will not know the
0:15.2	Crusade that I've been on.
0:17.1	I don't really know what to say honestly. I feel speechless.
0:19.7	Yeah. Gosh it is hard. I was diagnosed with breast cancer when I spoke to the
0:26.8	consultant he said it's not curable but it is treatable. Japine Gold, she is one of the most successful business women in Europe.
0:42.0	She's also one of the wealthiest women in the UK.
0:46.1	And she's certainly one of the most inspiring people I have ever, ever met. Just remarkable. But her road to success is one of the most devastatingly
0:59.1	misfortunate, tragic, heartbreaking roads I think we've ever heard travelled on this podcast.
1:06.0	Imagine me speechless. This podcast made me speechless, not once, not twice, but over and over again.
1:14.2	She is and has been the CEO of Anne Summers for decades.
1:19.6	A company that if you don't know is known for popularising sex toys,
1:22.9	dismantling the unhealthy archaic stigmas around sex,
1:26.3	and starting a crusade to make sex
1:28.4	and a widely accepted part of all of our lives.
1:32.1	But her story twists and its hands, the lessons, the courage, the
1:36.4	resilience, the heartbreak, the pain. This should be a movie. You just couldn't make it up.
1:43.0	Jacqueline, thank you for your honesty, thank you for your courage and thank you for the inspiration.
1:48.5	I know that it will stay with me for a lifetime.
1:51.0	Without further ado, I'm Stephen Bartlett, and this is the diary of a lifetime. Without further ado, I'm Stephen Bartlett and this is the diary of a CEO. I hope nobody's
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