It wasn’t long before Parasol wanted to start her own business. His businesses included real estate management and phone-sex chat lines. She received her BA in Business from the University of San Francisco in 1988 and four years later her law degree from Western State University of Law.Īfter a short time working in a personal injury law practice, she went on to work with her entrepreneurial father for a while. Growing up in Mill Valley, she graduated from Marin Academy High School in 1984. In high school she was known as “Ruthless Ruthie”. She was very ambitious as a child and was always looking for ways to excel in life.
She is the oldest of three sisters, all of whom have pursued extremely different career paths. Ruth Parasol was born in 1967, in San Francisco, California to her Jewish Polish father, Richard Parasol and her Swedish mother, Guna Parasol. Global Directory of Horse Racing Venues.