What would YOU do with £150m..?

Very few of us have to consider this conundrum. But my guest today, Dame Stephanie Shirley, has that very concern. She made her fortune in IT, realising very early on (back in the 60s) that there was money to be made in marketing software - while everyone else was giving it away free with computer hardware.

Ultimately she made £150m. But it didn't exactly buy her happiness. Life, with all its highs and lows, challenges and tragedies, happened to her anyway. Her only child, son Giles, was born with autism and sadly died without ever having what the rest of us might call a fulfilled life. However, his plight spurred on his mum to devote her energies and her millions to autism research and support.

Her memoirs are entitled 'Let IT Go' - and are available, not as a book, but as an e-book. If you want to discover more about her life and times, from her entering the UK just before the war as one of the children on the Kindertransport, right through to spending millions on others, you'll have to download it!