Ms Gold was credited from transforming the company into a multi-million pound business.
The businesswoman died on Thursday evening after seven years of treatment for breast cancer.
Ms Gold is credited from transforming the firm from four backstreet shops into a multi-million pound business with outlets across the UK. She was made a CBE in 2016 for services to entrepreneurship, women in business and social enterprise. A statement from Ms Gold's family said: "It is with unspeakable sadness that Ann Summers confirm our amazing executive chair Jacqueline Gold CBE passed away yesterday evening with her husband Dan, daughter Scarlett, sister Vanessa, and brother-in-law Nick, by her side.
"She was... an activist for women in business, and championed female entrepreneurs with the ambition to better the working environment for women."
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