“Vince Stanzione”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Stanzione first worked as a hairdresser in his family's business in Luton before becoming a currency trader in the 1980s.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

In 2004 he launched The Advert Channel which was the world's first television channel dedicated to television commercials.^[4] In 2005 the parent company floated on the UK Alternative Investment Market AIM as TV Commerce Holdings Plc (TVC).^[5] 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.^[1]^[6] 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.^[1]^[6] TV Commerce Holdings plc became a shell company known as Gemstones of Africa in 2009.^[7]

In 2013 he published a book, The Millionaire Dropout which was listed in the New York Times list of bestselling books^[8] and USA Today bestselling books.^[9]

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1. ^¹²³{{cite news|title=Media regulators crack down on digital television channels|publisher=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}}
2. ^{{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|accessdate=2009-04-08 | location=London}}
3. ^{{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|accessdate=2009-04-08 | location=London | first=Jill | last=Insley}}
4. ^{{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|publisher=New York Times|date=July 26, 2004|accessdate=2009-04-08 | first=Nat | last=Ives}}
5. ^{{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|accessdate=2014-03-17}}
6. ^¹{{cite news|url=http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-1604698/Rip-off-ruling-rocks-Sky-TV-firm.html|title=Rip-off ruling rocks Sky TV firm|date=24 November 2006|author=Robert Lea|publisher=This is Money}}
7. ^{{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|accessdate=2009-04-08}}
8. ^{{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|accessdate=2014-03-15 | location=New York|first=Gregory|last=Cowles}}
9. ^{{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|accessdate=2014-03-26 | location=New York}}

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