Vince Stanzione

{{short description|British entrepreneur (born 1968)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Vince Stanzione

| image = Vince Stanzione Financial Trader & Author.jpg

| occupation = Financial Trader, Author, Entrepreneur

| website = [http://www.vincestanzione.com/ www.vincestanzione.com]

}}

Vince Stanzione (born 1968/1969){{cite news|title=Media regulators crack down on digital television channels|work=The Independent|date=25 November 2006|author=Nic Fildes|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/media-regulators-crack-down-on-digital-television-channels-425774.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220817/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/media-regulators-crack-down-on-digital-television-channels-425774.html |archive-date=2022-08-17 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}} is a British entrepreneur.

Stanzione first worked as a hairdresser in his family's business in Luton before becoming a currency trader in the 1980s. After losing his savings in the 1987 stock market crash, Stanzione started mail order sales of mobile phones. In 1999 The Observer reported that he was worth over £1 million.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/1999/jul/25/cash.theobserver1|title=Yes it really could be you|publisher=The Observer|date=July 25, 1999|access-date=2009-04-08 | location=London}}

He returned to trading in financial markets and had a financially successful strong run in commodities, making over £2 million from spread betting with firms such as IG Index. In 2003 he was running courses teaching people how to spread bet.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2003/nov/16/observercashsection.theobserver|title=Hi-tech messiah who wants to spread his betting secret|publisher=The Observer|date=November 16, 2003|access-date=2009-04-08 | location=London | first=Jill | last=Insley}}

In 2004 he launched The Advert Channel which was the world's first television channel dedicated to television commercials.{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D06E4DB143DF935A15754C0A9629C8B63&scp=1&sq=vince%20stanzione&st=cse|title=Commercial television in Britain means just that: a channel devoted to nothing but commercials|work=New York Times|date=July 26, 2004|access-date=2009-04-08 | first=Nat | last=Ives}} In 2005 the parent company floated on the UK Alternative Investment Market AIM as TV Commerce Holdings Plc (TVC).{{cite web | url=https://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/2012/02/28/shares/news-and-analysis/float-of-the-week-tv-commerce-builds-on-its-success-QCVbopoP5mzCK87DR9vzYK/article.html| title= Float of the Week TV Commerce| publisher=Investors Chronicle|date=January 2005|access-date=2014-03-17}} In 2006 regulators ruled that one of the channels owned by TVC had deliberately kept callers on premium-rate telephone numbers waiting longer than necessary. The company was fined by ICSTIS, the channel was forced to close, TVC's share price fell by over 50% as a result and TVC warned that it may no longer be viable. TV Commerce Holdings plc became a shell company known as Gemstones of Africa in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=200901231623041885M|title=TV COMMERCE HOLDINGS PLC; RESULT OF EGM AND PROPOSED NAME CHANGE|date=January 29, 2009|access-date=2009-04-08}}

In 2013 he published a book, The Millionaire Dropout which was listed in the New York Times list of bestselling books{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2013-06-16/paperback-business-books/list.html?|title=Best Sellers Books Paperback Business Books|publisher=The New York Times - |date=June 16, 2013|access-date=2014-03-15 | location=New York|first=Gregory|last=Cowles}} and USA Today bestselling books.{{cite news|url=http://books.usatoday.com/book/vince-stanzione-drop-out-millionaire/l50044|title=Best Sellers Books Paperback|publisher=USA Today - |date=May 23, 2013|access-date=2014-03-26 | location=New York}}