Ruth Parasol
Ruth Monicka Parasol founded PartyGaming, the parent company of online poker site PartyPoker.com, in 1997. The company issued its initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange in June 2005. In 2006, Parasol was ranked 197 on The Forbes List 400. In 2007, she dropped off the Forbes 400 List due to the 75% drop in value of PartyGaming shares. In 2008, Parasol and husband Russ DeLeon were ranked 97 on the Sunday Times Rich List. In 2010, The Economist magazine ranked her 15th of the world's richest self-made women. In 2012, The Sunday Times List ranked her 14th among UK women.
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