Businesswoman who turned sex toys and lingerie chain into household name had breast cancer
Jacqueline Gold, the businesswoman whose Ann Summers retail chain embraced a new wave of sexual liberation to make shopping for vibrators and lingerie an everyday event on British high streets, has died at the age of 62.
In 2015, Gold said: “I set out to empower women in the bedroom and now I want to empower women in the boardroom.” She was recognised with a CBE in 2016 for services to entrepreneurship, women in business and social enterprise.Her sister, Vanessa Gold, the chief executive of Ann Summers, said: “Jacqueline courageously battled stage 4 breast cancer for seven years and was an absolute warrior throughout her cancer journey.
Gold became the chief executive of Ann Summers in 1987 and took it on to more than 100 high streets across the UK, turning women-friendly products such as the Rampant Rabbit vibrator into household names.
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