The HighBoy

The HighBoy is the online marketplace connecting dealers to consumers of antiques, 20th century design, and fine art.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Internet / Web Services
  • Location Miami, FL, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded February 2013
  • Employees 7
  • Website thehighboy.com

Company Summary

The HighBoy is an online marketplace that allows antique dealers and art galleries to sell their items to a global audience of buyers, collectors, and designers. We built The HighBoy to organize a large and highly-fragmented industry and to help clients meed the rapid increase in worldwide demand for quality antiques and art online.

Team

  • Olga Granda-Scott
    Founder & Chief Operating Officer

    Former Director
    of Design and Communications for Alhambra Antiques, Olga increased the business’s in-store and online sales over 50% in 5 years.
    Her work as a Strategic Planning Consultant for Auctionata led to securing $20M in VC funding. Highly regarded throughout the industry as an expert in antiques and the decorative arts. Fluent in four languages, Olga is a graduate of Davidson College.

  • Douglas Scott
    Founder & Chief Executive Officer

    Previously a Consultant for Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, then Director of Marketing for Alhambra Antiques; Douglas established alhambraantiques.com as one of the top-ranking
    single-dealer antique websites in the U.S. Douglas went on to create
    “On Antique Row” (sold) for the Palm Beach Dealers' Association as a prototype for The HighBoy. Douglas is a graduate of Amherst College.

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