Robert L. Norton
Robert Lloyd Norton (born April 18, 1972) is an English businessman and currently CEO and co-founder of Verisart. He was formerly CEO and co-founder of Saatchi Art[1] and Sedition Art.[2][3] Norton has worked at the intersection of art and technology since 2009.[4]
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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 platform to certify and verify artworks and collectibles using the Bitcoin blockchain.[6] It provides a trusted database for artworks and allows anyone to list an art.[1] Verisart provides contemporary artists, including Shepard Fairey, an easy way to generate permanent certificates of authenticity and reduce the scope for fraudulent activity.[6]
Sedition Art
Prior to Verisart, Norton was formerly CEO and co-founded Sedition, an online platform for collecting affordable digital art by well-known artists.[3]
Saatchi Art
He was the CEO and co-founder of Saatchi,[1][3] where he was responsible for restructuring and relaunching the service, giving unrepresented artists a platform to sell work.[4]
Clickmango
Norton founded Clickmango, an online health and beauty site , with partner Toby Rowland in June 1999. Eight days after their first pitch, they raised £3 million from Atlas Ventures and Lord Rothschild.[5] Clickmango was fronted by actress Joanna Lumley.[7]
AOL Europe
He was the Head of e-commerce at AOL Europe.[5]
Reuters
He was also a former Reuters journalist.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Whitaker, Amy (2019). "Art and Blockchain: A Primer, History, and Taxonomy of Blockchain Use Cases in the Arts". https://muse.jhu.edu/article/811867/pdf.
- ↑ "A Tech Startup Is Trying to Catalogue Every Piece of Art on the Market" (in en). Bloomberg.com. 2015-07-21. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-21/a-tech-startup-is-trying-to-catalogue-every-piece-of-art-on-the-market.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "PR Essays: Focus PR - Come out of your shell" (in en). https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/pr-essays-focus-pr-shell/1153577?utm_source=website&utm_medium=social.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Aesthetica Magazine - Future Now Symposium Speakers 2022" (in en-GB). https://aestheticamagazine.com/artprize/future-now-symposium-speakers-2022/.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Robert Norton" (in en-GB). The Guardian. 1999-10-05. ISSN 0261-3077. https://www.theguardian.com/business/1999/oct/05/netrich.internet7.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 read, Last updated: 2 min (2020-03-04). "Blockchain Startups London - Verisart" (in en-GB). https://rainmakrr.com/blockchain-startups-london-verisart/.
- ↑ "BBC News | BUSINESS | Clickmango goes under". http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/911331.stm.
