ANNE HEARS AN AMAZING WOMAN'S STORY ABOUT FLEEING NAZI GERMANY AND BECOMING AN IT MILLIONAIRE BY PRETENDING TO BE A MAN CALLED STEVE

Nov 05, 2012, 01:58 PM

She entered this country as a child refugee from Nazi Germany, built a multimillion pound IT business, dealt with personal tragedies, become a champion of women's causes, one of the richest women in the UK, one of the country's leading philanthropists and founded a national charity doing amazing work in the autism field.

Dame Stephanie Shirley has just released her memoirs - and if she were to try and fit in all the incredible things she has done it would probably break your bookcase.

Dame Stephanie, who goes by the name "steve", has lived in Henley for over 15 years and was Anne’s guest this morning. She told Anne how she first started out in IT and how she got her nickname….