She grew up in Mill Valley, California, and graduated from Marin Academy High School in 1984. ]īorn in 1967 in San Francisco, California, Ruth is the eldest daughter of Jewish Polish born Holocaust survivor Richard Parasol and Swedish mother Guna Parasol. ] Parasol and DeLeon were ranked #97 on the Sunday Times Rich List 2008. ] Subsequently in 2007, she dropped off the Forbes' 400 Richest Americans rankings, due to the 75% drop in value of PartyGaming shares. In 2006, Parasol was ranked #197 on Forbes' 400 Richest Americans. Ruth Parasol (born 1967) is a self-made millionaire, and co-founder of PartyGaming with her husband Russ DeLeon, parent company of online poker site which floated on the London Stock Exchanged in June 2005.
