Gianna Provenzano was born and raised in Fresno, California. Gianna began working at her parents' floral business, Rossi Floral Company, at seven years old answering phones and waiting on customers. She continued to work at the flower shop through college and her favorite jobs included special events, weddings and delivering flowers.
In 1989, Ms. Provenzano moved to Los Angeles to work for Time Warner and E! Entertainment. In 1995, she landed a job with Sony Pictures Entertainment's GSN as their sales assistant. She started learning production by placing electrical orders and shipping marketing materials for live game shows at affiliate trade shows. Within months, her job responsibilities were expanded and she started booking talent, overseeing lighting, set designs, floor plans and game show lock out systems. After 1.5 years, she was asked to produce her first live game show which was budgeted at $500,000 at the National Cable Television Association show in Los Angeles which attracted 22,000 attendees.
Gianna was promoted four times in seven years and produced live game shows such as Jeopardy!, Family Feud, Hollywood Showdown and Extreme Gong Show working with popular game show hosts such as Alex Trebec, Jeff Probst and Chris Harrison. In addition to producing live game shows, Gianna produced special events with budgets ranging from $10,000 to $1,000,000.
After a successful seven year career at GSN, Gianna decided in 2003 to start her own business and become her own boss. Immediately upon launching her own business, Gianna sought the guidance and advice of Walt Shepard, Publisher of Inside Weddings. He recommended that Gianna shadow one of LA's most successful and respected wedding planners, Tobey Dodge.
After receiving requests for non-traditional venues for weddings and special events, Gianna recognized the need to offer both event planning and high end estate rentals. Today, Gianna is the CEO and President of GP Events, Inc., DBA Gianna and Company. Her company has access to over 4,000 mansions and estates and her clients include Toyota Corporation, Yahoo!, VW Corporation of America, HSN, Fine Living, Direct TV and numerous production companies and private clients.
Based in Glendale, California, Gianna lives with her husband Ted of seven years and their seven year old miniature dachshund Ally Jean.