She joined Ann Summers in 1979, the lingerie and sex toys business her father David Gold had purchased in 1972, and in 1981 she helped launch the renowned Ann Summers Parties, which are still popular today.
She became a director in 1987 and has subsequently taken over the management of the company.
From June 2009 through June 2011, her sister, Vanessa Gold, served as Ann Summers’ deputy managing director.
In the 2016 Queen’s New Years Honours List, she received the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for her contributions to social enterprise, entrepreneurship, and women in business. In Old Oxted, Surrey, England, she is the Chief Executive of Ann Summers and Knickerbox.
Has Jacqueline Gold been married before?
Yes, Jacqueline Gold has been married before. After a previous unsuccessful marriage to a dancer from Ann Summers, she met Dan Cunningham, a money trader from the City, in 2002. Dan is seventeen years her junior.
After three unsuccessful IVF efforts, the couple split up on New Year’s Day 2006; nevertheless, they eventually got back together, got married, and had one kid.
On July 16, 1960, in Bromley, Kent, England, the United Kingdom, Jacqueline Gold was born. Dan Cunningham and she have been wed since May 15, 2010.
