From booking The Beatles for £50, to signing Edwin Starr and Dusty Springfield and hosting performances from Take That, he has enjoyed an illustrious and fascinating career as one of our country’s most famous entrepreneurs. This self-made multimillionaire has built his dreams from the rubble of the Blitz, survived a prison sentence, bankruptcy and the New York Mafia to see his name up in lights on both sides of the Atlantic. A former steel worker and member of the British Merchant Navy, he has led an extraordinary life, opening clubs across the Pond, along with The Hippodrome and world-famous gentlemen?s club, Stringfellows, in London.
National treasure and legendary entrepreneur, Peter Stringfellow, talks to Angela Sara West about why he?s (possibly!) swapping his haven in Spain for Italy. Having clocked up 54 years in the nightclub business, it?s time to wind down. ?I now only have the one classic club, Stringfellows in Covent Garden. It?s been open 37 years and makes me more than enough money to enjoy the rest of my life,? explains Peter. ?I haven?t just been the businessman in nightclubs? I?ve LIVED the life in my nightclubs almost every night of my life. I?ve had a wonderful time and now, I?m not retired, but I?m certainly leaning back a little!?
These days, he?s in his club three times a week. ?Not bad for a 76-year-old! I go to my office around twice a week and am constantly on my iPhone, iPad? you name it!?
Peter wed his third wife, former Royal Ballet dancer...