Lastminute.com co-founder Martha Lane Fox, appointed UK digital champion in 2010, is to become the youngest woman in the House of Lords.
Lastminute founder Lane Fox to become youngest woman in the Lords
Lastminute.com co-founder Martha Lane Fox, appointed UK digital champion in 2010, is to become the youngest woman in the House of Lords.
The 40-year-old online entrepreneur co-founded the website in 1998 with Brent Hoberman and also launched the karaoke bar chain Lucky Voice.
As Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho she becomes a non-political cross bench peer in the wake of her remit to encourage more internet use in the UK.
Lords rules mean she must add a hyphen to her surname when she is officially introduced on March 26.
She is on the board of Channel 4, Marks & Spencer and mydeco.com.