Samantha Kane

About

Samantha Kane is an Iraqi-born British barrister and businesswoman. In 1990, she came under media scrutiny for leading a takeover bid for Sheffield United F.C. as co-director of a Saudi Arabian investment firm. After coming out as a transgender woman in 1998, she was under consideration to become the club's chief executive. She took a male gender identity and went by the given name Charles from 2004 to 2017, after which she came out again as a transgender woman. Since 2022, she has been the owner of Carbisdale Castle in the Scottish Highlands and self-styled herself as Lady Carbisdale.