Bettina Huang of Platform
Eric Felipe-Barkin
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As an art history and economics major,
Bettina Huang
wanted to work in the art world. However, when the native New Yorker got her dream job at Christie’s, working on contemporary art auctions, she found herself disappointed.
“The traditional art industry was one very much rooted in relationships and elitism, and a place that was averse to innovation,” Huang says. “That… felt contrary to what I care about.”
Huang, 38, went to business school believing she would never work in art again and spent the next 10 years in e-commerce start-ups. “I