Mr. Stephen Valentino serves the Company as its Founder and Chairman and as the on-air Host of “Let’s Celebrate”.  Since 2000, Mr. Valentino has also served as CEO of his family’s Company, The Valentino Group, Inc., a benefits-consulting firm that has placed billions in pension assets.

Since 1996, Mr. Valentino has been the Entertainment Editor of QSF Magazine and in 2002, he became a Contributing Editor to PASSPORT Magazine as well. His regular column, “Serves You Right”, was created as a vehicle to interview the world’s most prominent Chefs, review cookbooks and cooking paraphernalia, as well as the hottest restaurants and nightspots. 

He has appeared in leading roles in operas, plays and musicals worldwide.  He has been seen in films, television commercials, Public Service Announcements, and heard in voice-overs for both television and radio.  Since 1999 he has Hosted “San Francisco In Flight” for a major international airline. 

For years, Mr. Valentino studied all aspects of jewelry creation; from alloying and reposée to buying and setting stones. He has studied with some of the most noted jewellers in the world, including Carrie Adel, the winner of many de Beers diamond design awards.

As the CEO of Valentino Productions, he mobilized Hollywood stars to benefit such organizations as Easter Seals, the Special Olympics, Toys For Tots, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and the Make A Wish Foundation.  He is currently on the Advisory Board of the Richmond/Ermett Aids Foundation, and he’s been recognized by United Nations Secretary General U Thant for his efforts for UNICEF.  Mr. Valentino served for four years as a California State Senatorial Commissioner on the Business Insurance Advisory Commission.

After graduating from William Floyd High School, in the top 1% of his class with a Regents Diploma, Regents Scholarship, and as a Merritt Scholar, he attended Hofstra University in New York on full scholarship, majoring in music and minors in drama and speech. Mr. Valentino later studied voice privately in Los Angeles with famed German operatic Baritone, Horst Günter and from 1974 until 1977 he attended the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.  He has received grants to study and perform at the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria, and the Banff Festival in Alberta, Canada.  At the Banff Festival, Stephen had the honour of performing for His Royal Highness, Prince Charles, of England.