Dale Vince

Dale Vince, OBE (born 29 August 1961) is a British "green energy" industrialist. A former New Age traveller, he is the outspoken owner of the electricity company Ecotricity.

Early life and career

Vince was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, leaving school at 15. He spent time as a New Age traveller. In 1991 he saw his first windfarm ("I thought, either I can carry on by myself with the windmill on my van, or I can get into the big stuff") and in 1995 he founded the Renewable Energy Company. In 1996 he launched his first wind turbine supplying "green electricity".

Football

In 2010 he became a major shareholder of Forest Green Rovers F.C.

Three months after joining the club as a majority shareholder, Vince became the club chairman.

In February 2011, Rovers players were banned from eating red meat for health reasons, and a few weeks later the sale of all red meat products was banned at the club's football ground, leaving only vegetarian options as well as free-range poultry and fish from sustainable stocks.