Robert L. Norton
| Robert Norton | |
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| Born |
18 April 1972 London, England |
Robert Lloyd Norton (born 18 April 1972) is a CEO & Co-Founder of Verisart providing real time certification and verification of artworks and collectibles. Verisart applies blockchain technology to the art market and current Board Advisors include Peter Todd core developer for the Bitcoin blockchain protocol and Dr. Ahmed Elgammal, Professor in Computer Science at The Art & AI Lab at Rutgers University are Board Advisors. Our investors include Rhodium and the artist Shepard Fairey. Robert was formerly CEO and co-founder of Sedition art and Saatchi Online.
Robert was born in London. He was educated at the City of London School, an independent school for boys, followed by the University of Oxford, from which he graduated with an MA in Modern History.
After completing his studies, he worked for Reuters as a correspondent and producer in London and New York City.
He joined AOL Europe in 1996 as part of their launch team. He later acted as Head of e-commerce where he launched the first shopping channel for AOL UK and signed the company's first pan-European e-commerce deals.
He served as business development director for Nomade.fr, a French search engine, later purchased by Kingfisher and Groupe Arnault, in 1998 and 1999.
With Toby Rowland, later a co-founder of King.com, Robert in 1999 launched his first company, Clickmango.com. The pair secured $5 million in seed financing in eight days, setting a precedent for the fastest round of European seed financing. The business became a case study for the London Business School MBA program for students enrolled in the entrepreneurial management course.
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