Tad Smith joined The Fine Art Group in September 2023 as Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Tad is a Partner of 1 RoundTable Partners/10T Holdings, leading growth equity firms that invest in rapidly growing companies that deploy blockchain technologies to revolutionize the way businesses and consumers work. Tad is the former CEO of Sotheby’s, where he grew and digitized the NYSE-listed global auction house before selling it for $3.7 billion. Prior to Sotheby’s, Tad Smith was President and CEO of The Madison Square Garden Company, a NYSE-listed entertainment company. Tad is also an adjunct professor at the Stern School of Business at New York University, where he teaches a popular course on strategy for technology, media, and entertainment companies.