Michelle Mone, Baroness Mone
British businessperson
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| February 2024 | A leak revealed that Mone had assured the government she wouldn't gain financial benefit from PPE Medpro, contradicting later evidence of a trust benefiting her. |
| December 2023 | Mone disclosed her involvement with PPE Medpro, admitting she had previously denied connection to protect her family. |
| November 2023 | After three years of denials, Mone acknowledged her and her husband's involvement with PPE Medpro. |
| December 6 2022 | Mone took a leave of absence from the House of Lords to 'clear her name' of allegations related to PPE Medpro. |
| August 2022 | Reached a settlement 'on a no fault or damages basis' regarding the alleged racist claim. |
| April 27 2022 | Police raided Mone's homes in London and the Isle of Man as part of an investigation into potential fraud related to PPE Medpro. |
| January 2022 | Metropolitan Police announced an investigation into allegations of racially aggravated malicious communication. |
| January 2022 | The House of Lords Commissioner for Standards and National Crime Agency launched investigations into Mone's links to PPE Medpro contracts. |
| December 2021 | Accused of sending racist text messages to a wealth manager following a 2019 yachting incident in Monaco. |
| 2020 | On the ITV programme Loose Women, Mone discussed her weight loss during the COVID-19 lockdown, stating she exercised three times a day and used her fitness as a coping mechanism during a challenging period in her personal life. |
| November 29 2020 | Married Douglas Barrowman. |
| June 12 2020 | PPE Medpro was awarded its first NHS contract worth £80.85m for 210m facemasks, just one month after the company's incorporation. |
| May 12 2020 | PPE Medpro Limited was incorporated, a company later at the center of a major controversy involving Mone and her husband. |
| 2019 | Put the Ballakew estate on the Isle of Man up for sale for £25 million. |
| April 2019 | The Sunday Times reported that the Dubai residential development was 'on hold' with construction incomplete, though Mone's spokesman claimed the project was progressing and being redesigned. |
| December 26 2018 | Announced her engagement to Scottish businessman Douglas Barrowman. |
| August 2018 | The Sunday Times reported that the Equi cryptocurrency project had 'flopped', with all investors being refunded. The Financial Times characterized the venture as a 'fiasco' that exposed weaknesses in cryptocurrency initial coin offering (ICO) market oversight. |
| March 2018 | Public sale of Equi cryptocurrency began, raising only £540,000 despite claims of £5.4 million in token sales during a pre-sale offering. |
| 2017 | Recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2017, highlighting her significant professional impact. |
| 2017 | Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman launched a £250 million residential development in Dubai, claiming it would be the first development priced in bitcoin. |
| March 2017 | Mone announced the sale of Ubeauty Global. |
| February 2017 | Public accounts for Ubeauty Global were published, revealing the company had assets of £23,000 for the period from 2014 to 2016. |
| 2016 | After being made a peer, Mone changed the company formation to no longer require public trading account publications. |
| 2015 | Published her autobiography 'My Fight to the Top'. |
| 2015 | Featured in a BBC Radio 4 profile after taking up a role as a government entrepreneurship tsar. |
| November 2015 | Mone was criticized for promoting TrimSecrets pills on her 'Baroness Mone' Twitter account, though her spokesperson claimed she had already disposed of her ownership in the company. |
| November 2015 | A tax avoidance scheme used by MJM International was exposed as ineffective following a test case by HMRC against Rangers Football Club. |
| October 15 2015 | Introduced in the House of Lords by Conservative peers Lord Freud and Baroness Morris of Bolton. |
| September 30 2015 | Created a life peer as Baroness Mone of Mayfair in the City of Westminster, following consultation with the College of Arms. |
| August 2015 | Reports revealed that the TrimSecrets company had consistently reported financial losses for the previous four years. |
| August 2015 | Mone resigned her directorships from both MJM and Ultimo after selling 80% of the Ultimo brand. |
| August 27 2015 | Prime Minister David Cameron announced Mone's creation as a life peer, which drew criticism from business leaders and some Conservatives. |
| August 10 2015 | The government announced Mone would lead a two-part review into entrepreneurship and small businesses, focusing on establishing businesses in deprived areas. |
| November 2014 | Mone sold 80% of her stake in Ultimo Brands International to MAS Holdings. |
| 2013 | Mone temporarily left MJM International following the breakdown of her marriage, with business assets transferred to Ultimo Brands International Ltd in partnership with MAS Holdings. |
| November 2013 | Mone gave Hello! magazine a tour of her Glasgow home, falsely claiming Albert Einstein once lived there. |
| October 2013 | Jan de Vries sold his interest in the TrimSecrets company, with Mone acquiring 60% ownership and a silent business partner holding the remaining 40%. |
| 2012 | Michelle Mone launched a fake tan product through her company Ultimo Beauty. |
| 2011 | Competed as a contestant on Celebrity MasterChef. |
| August 2011 | During the London riots, Mone called for the army to be brought in and tweeted controversial comments about rioters' human rights. |
| 2010 | Appeared as a contestant on the ITV show '71 Degrees North'. |
| January 2010 | Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to the lingerie industry in the New Year Honours. |
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