A self-made pioneer and successful entrepreneur, in male-dominated businesses.I was one of the first women, back in 1996, to start using the internet, then launching one of the earliest online business – PartyGaming plc which listed on the LSE FTSE in 2005 for $8.46B, a then record valuation - and first for a female founded company. Parasol International, with over $1b under management, focuses on real estate, asset management and private equity. My current passion is multi-family real estate in UK, USA and elsewhere. In addition, digitization of traditional banking, particularly SME lending in the UK.A British citizen and multinational, I was raised in California. After graduating from law school in 1993, I immediately gravitated to the Information Highway boom of early Silicon Valley where I became an internet pioneer and an early adopter of India-based software development, travelling there frequently for many years. Since 2003 I have lived mostly in Europe.My personal and business life have long been centred in Gibraltar which is home to Parasol International as well as The Parasol Foundation Trust - which has awarded over £40m to leading organisations for women-focused initiatives, including with the V&A, Cambridge University, University of San Francisco, SpaceIL, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre and the University of Gibraltar.