Dr. Jochen Gutbrod Named Chairman of Advisory Board of Auctionata

Auctionata AG
Press release
Dr. Jochen Gutbrod Named Chairman of Advisory Board of Auctionata
The online art- and auction-house appoints a pioneer in Internet-commerce as chairman of
its Advisory Board
Berlin/Vienna, 8/6/12. Since July 30, 2012, Dr. Jochen Gutbrod has been chairman of the Advisory
Board of Auctionata. “I am very impressed by Auctionata’s founding-team around Alexander Zacke.
With a completely new business model, these art-market experts have opened a heterogeneous,
predominantly local market to a worldwide public over the Internet. I am pleased to support the
ongoing development of one of the most promising, newly founded enterprises of the last several
years here in Berlin,” stated Dr. Gutbrod.
Stemming from a family of artists and art historians, Gutbrod knows whereof he speaks. Previously
the director of finance and deputy chair of the publishing group Georg von Holtzbrinck, he is an
economics scholar and holds a degree in art museum management. Since 2004, with participation by
Zalando, for example, he has been developing Holtzbrinck Digital into one of the leading German
Internet ventures. Since May 2010, Gutbrod, the Managing Director of the Willi Baumeister
Foundation, has led the Raffay Enterprises Group, which is (among others) the primary partner of RI
Digital Ventures, a holding company for Internet enterprises and digital media.
Alexander Zacke, the CEO of Auctionata said: “With Dr. Jochen Gutbrod we were able to acquire a
specialist in finance; an expert with many years of experience in the development of internet
businesses, as well as a profound connoisseur of the art market as the chairman of our Advisory
Board – an ideal complement to the expertise of our firm and a stroke of good luck for Auctionata.”
About Auctionata
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Do you want to know if the picture above the couch has the value of a garden-cottage or a mansion? Contact us at +49
30 98 32 0222 or send us an e-mail at info @auctionata.com
Auctionata has 180 internationally renowned specialists in the largest network of specialists worldwide at its disposal
To date, there have been 8,000 requests for our professional appraisal service
The Auctionata website has over 3,000 visitors daily, and the numbers are climbing
About every 5 minutes a painting, a book, or an antique cupboard is offered for sale by Auctionata
Object s valued over 9 million dollars have been appraised by our experts to date
With its ever-growing network of renowned experts in all fields, Auctionata offers comprehensive on-line-based
service, ranging from the evaluation and appraisal of valuable objects , through their authentication, and to their
ultimate sale and related logistical tasks
Auctionata was founded by Alexander Zacke and Georg Untersalmberger and went live with its new business model in
May 2012
Investors are e.ventures, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures
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Abridged Vita: Dr. Jochen Gutbrod
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Born 1963
Education: University of St. Gallen (Economics), [lic. Oec.HSG]; London School of Economics (Master in Accounting and
Finance); University of Fribourg (Ph.D. Art Museum Management)
1992-1996: Head of Research, Schroder Investment Management Ltd, London
1996-2000: Head of Research, Lombard Odier & Cie, Geneva
August 2000: Co-founder of ifunds Service AG, a Servicer for Fund-Managers
2003-2010: Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Deputy Chairman of the publishing group Georg von Holtzbrinck
Since 2004: Development of Holtzbrinck Digital into one of the leading German Internet-enterprises with participation
by Zalando, PARSHIP, myphotobook, MyHammer, and CityDeal
Since May 2010: Managing Director of Raffay Enterprises, a family business with interests in automobile dealerships,
real estate, and internet-commerce (among others, the primary partner of RI Digital Ventures, a holding company for
internet enterprises and digital media)
Since July 2012: Chairman of the Advisory Board of Auctionata
Auctionata Press and Public Relations
Christiane Herzhauser
Corporate Communications Director
Auctionata AG
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10719 Berlin
Germany
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[email protected]
ISA Auctionata Auktionen AG • Zweigniederlassung Deutschland • Kurfürstendamm 212 • 10719 Berlin, Deutschland
Telefon: +49 30 983 20 222 • Fax: +49 30 610 806 199 • E-Mail: [email protected]
Commerzbank AG • BLZ 600 400 71 • Konto 522681600 • IBAN DE71600400710522681600 • BIC COBADEFF XXX
Bawag P.S.K. • BLZ 14000 • Konto 07210016010 • IBAN AT741400007210016010 • BIC BAWAATWW
Firmenbuchnr. FN346362g • Firmenbuchgericht: HG Wien • UID-Nr. DE282098266
Die Gesellschaft wird vertreten durch ihre Vorstände Alexander Zacke und Georg Untersalmberger
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