Let It Go: My Extraordinary Story – From Refugee to Entrepreneur to Philanthropist Audiobook (Free)

A moving memoir from a female who made a lot of money in a man’s world and then gave everything away…soon to become converted into a film

In 1962, Stephanie ‘Steve’ Shirley created a software company when the concept of software barely existed. Freelance Developers employed women to work on complicated projects such as for example Concorde’s black package recorder through the comfort of their own house.

Shirley empowered a generation of ladies in technology, giving them unheard of independence to choose their own hours and manage approximately IGNORE IT: My Extraordinary Story – From Refugee to Entrepreneur to Philanthropist their own workloads. The business thrived and Shirley gradually transferred ownership to her staff, creating 70 millionaires along the way.

IGNORE IT explores Shirley’s trail blazing career as an entrepreneur but it also charts her incredible personal story – her dramatic arrival in England as an unaccompanied Kindertransport refugee during Globe War Two as well as the tragic loss of her only child who experienced severely from Autism.

Today, Dame Stephanie Shirley is definitely one of Britain’s leading philanthropists, devoting most of her period, energy and prosperity to charities that are close to her heart. In Let It Go, Shirley tells her inspirational story and explains why providing her wealth aside – letting it go – has brought her infinitely more pleasure and fulfilment than obtaining it to begin with.

Co-written with Richard Askwith, the former Executive Editor from the Independent as well as the award-winning writer of seven books in his personal name, including biographies of Emil Zátopek and Lata Brandisová.

‘An extraordinary story of creativeness and resilience’ – Guardian

‘This engrossing story of an extraordinary life is filled up with lessons in what it means to become human’ – Financial Times