Robert Norton
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| Born | April 18, 1972 London |
| 🏳️ Nationality | English |
| 🏫 Education | Oxford University MA |
| 💼 Occupation | CEO & co-founder of Verisart |
Robert Lloyd Norton (born April 18, 1972) is the CEO and co-founder of Verisart.[1] He was formerly CEO and co-founder of Saatchi Art[2] and Sedition Art.[3] He has been working at the intersection of art and technology since 2009.[4]
Personal life and Education
Born and raised in London, Norton earned a MA in Modern History from Oxford University.[5]
Career
Verisart
Norton is the CEO and co-founder of Verisart, a decentralized platform that will help artists and collectors to document, verify and certify artwork.[6] It provides a trusted database for artworks and allows anyone to list an artwork.[2] Verisart applies blockchain technology to combine transparency, anonymity and security to protect records of creation and ownership of artworks and collectibles.[7] It is the first company to apply blockchain to certification[8] in the art and collectibles market.[8]
Sedition Art
Prior to Verisart, Norton was formerly CEO and co-founded Sedition, an online platform for collecting digital art[9] supported by many contemporary artists.[10]
Saatchi Art
He was the CEO and co-founder of the art e-commerce site Saatchi,[2] where he was responsible for restructuring and relaunching the service, giving unrepresented artists a platform to sell work.[4]
King.com
He was formerly the Managing Director of King.com North America.[8]
Clickmango.com
Norton launched his first company, Clickmango.com, an online health and beauty site, alongside Toby Rowland[11] in 1999. In eight days, the two secured £3 million in seed round funding[12] after their first City presentation[13] needed for its April launch.[14]
Clickmango.com was fronted by actress Joanna Lumley.[13][14]
AOL Europe
He was the Head of e-commerce at AOL Europe.[8]
Reuters
He was also a former Reuters journalist.[13]
References
- ↑ Reyburn, Scott (2021-03-30). "Art's NFT Question: Next Frontier in Trading, or a New Form of Tulip?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Whitaker, Amy (2019). "Art and Blockchain: A Primer, History, and Taxonomy of Blockchain Use Cases in the Arts". A JOURNAL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE ARTS. University of Arkansas Press. 8: 33 – via Project MUSE.
- ↑ "A Tech Startup Is Trying to Catalogue Every Piece of Art on the Market". Bloomberg.com. 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Aesthetica Magazine - Future Now Symposium Speakers 2022". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- ↑ "UNFOLD". www.unfoldbrics.art. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
- ↑ "Verisart to Use the Blockchain to Verify Artwork; Signs Bitcoin Core Dev Peter Todd". Cointelegraph. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- ↑ Gianni & Origoni - Massimo Sterpi (2023-01-06). "Art Disruption: Art and Technology in the Twenty-first Century". Lexology. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Shepard Fairey Announces NFT Drop on SuperRare". Artnome. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- ↑ Staff, Startup Info (2021-02-12). "The Global Standard for Art Certification and Verification". Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- ↑ "An Artist Can Now Easily Create a Certificate of Authenticity - A talk on Verisart App with Robert Norton | Widewalls". www.widewalls.ch. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- ↑ Gruner, Stephanie (August 2, 2000), Clickmango.com: An Inside Look At the Death of an Online Retailer, The Wall Street Journal, retrieved January 9, 2023
- ↑ "ClickMango.com secures £3m seed funding in eight days". www.campaignlive.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Clickmango rescue effort fails". the Guardian. 2000-09-05. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "BBC News | BUSINESS | Clickmango goes under". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
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