News about Martha Lane Fox

REMEMBER FOGES: I am in the eighth month of my pregnancy as I write this column. Perhaps this is why I read the latest news about Paris Hilton's new baby with a rolling of the eyes. She became a mother to a baby boy named Phoenix earlier this year and was carried and delivered by a survivor. She's rounding off 2023 with a second baby, a girl named London, who was carried and delivered by another unidentified mother.

Made.com was founded by Brent Hoberman, founder of Lastminute.com, French sex-tech entrepreneur Chloe Macintosh (both pictured left), Ning Li and Julien Callede (pictured top right and bottom right, respectively). It was estimated at £775 million just 18 months ago. Fast-forward to the present day, and the company's fortunes have changed, with the online giant now worth just £2 million, requiring administrators to be called in. Its showrooms in London have closed today (pictured, insets).

After his $44 billion takeover, inspirational British businesswoman and entrepreneur Martha Lane-Fox (left) was barred from the Twitter board by Elon Musk (top inset). Baroness Lane-Fox, 49, a Soho resident who sits in the House of Lords, was one of nine directors excluded from the top table. After weeks of negotiations, billionaire Musk took over the social media business on Monday.