Charles Saatchi Biography

Charles Saatchi is a British businessman and one of the most well-known collectors of contemporary works of art. He was born into a wealthy family and continued to build on this wealth his entire life amassing to a very comfortable retirement today. During his early career he worked for a few different advertisement companies and met some very significant people during this time including his first wife and an art director. These influences combined with his young childhood passion for comics came together to bring out the art lover in him. While he co-founded an advertisement company with his brother he was also collecting pieces of art and becoming very well known in the art community. Eventually his company became one of the biggest in the entire world and Saatchi decided to devote most of his attention to his passion for art. He opened up a gallery to showcase his personal collections and was often known for buying an artist’s entire collection. He was able to bring many young artists from obscurity to fame just by being present at their exhibits. He has gained universal recognition for his influence on modern art and has made a substantial amount from buying works of art, promoting them, and then reselling them for a huge profit