About

Magnus Resch, Ph.D., is one of the world’s leading art market experts (CNN). He is a bestselling book author, university professor, and serial entrepreneur. He founded Gymondo.de (exit), Magnusclass.com, Larryslist.com, and Magnus.net, the “Shazam for art.” Leonardo DiCaprio is an investor and advisor to the company. Magnus lectures at Yale University, has published in Science, the world’s leading academic journal, and has written eight books on the art market. Magnus holds a Ph.D. in economics and studied at Harvard, the London School of Economics, and the University of St. Gallen. His career has been portrayed in a Harvard Business School case study and in various articles, including the New York Times, WSJ, Vanity Fair, and the Financial Times. Magnus lives in NYC.

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Prof. Dr. Magnus Resch is one of the world’s leading art market experts (CNN). At the age of 20, he co-ran an art gallery in Switzerland to finance his university career. In 2012, he co-founded Larry’s List, the world’s premier art collector platform. In 2016, he launched the Magnus app, which works like Shazam for Art. Leonardo DiCaprio is an investor and advisor to the company. Magnus’ career was the subject of a Harvard Business School case study, which has been taught in the MBA class every year since 2018.

Magnus is passionate about the economics of the art market. He is the author of several books on the art market, has taught art economics at Yale University, previously at Columbia University in New York, and published a paper on success in art in the world’s leading academic journal, Science, in 2018.

Magnus has a track record as a tech entrepreneur. At the age of 27, he became Managing Director of Springstar, a Berlin-based internet incubator (2,500 employees and $2bn revenue). There, he started, failed, and exited several internet start-ups, among them Gourmeo.com (a failure), Juvalia.com (another failure), Gymondo.de (successful exit), Larryslist.com, Magnus.net, and Magnusclass.com.

Magnus studied business at Harvard, the London School of Economics, the University of St. Gallen, and Hong Kong University. He holds a PhD in Economics and was awarded scholarships by both the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Swiss National Foundation. Magnus served as a soldier in the German Army (Hochzug, Mittenwald) and was a stadium speaker at an ATP Tennis Championship for twelve years. In 2014, he was awarded Germany’s most prestigious social media prize, “The Golden Umberto,” for his infamous “Idautit” viral video.

Magnus lives and works in New York City.