Osman Khan

Osman Khan is the co-founder and CEO of Paddle8, the online auction house that he created in 2011 with Alexander Gilkes and Aditya Julka. He was formerly COO of the company.

He attended received his BA and Masters in industrial engineering from Northwestern, and his MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was roommates with Julka, his future co-founder. Khan previously worked at Goldman Sachs and Perella Weinberg, where he focused on M&A and private capital raising. Osman is a board member of ArteEast, a non-profit focused on creating residency programs for Middle-Eastern artists in the U.S., and on the Leadership Council of Rhizome, a pioneer in bringing together the spaces of art and technology.

In addition, Osman is an active angel investor and sits on the advisory boards of several prominent startups in the consumer retail and internet space, and has served as an ongoing judge for the Harvard Business School New Venture Competition. He is a frequent speaker about innovations in the art market, with recent appearances including the annual Harvard University Cyberposium, Art Basel Miami, Armory, NADA, and the UNICEF Global Entrepreneurs Forum. In 2015, he was named to Art+Auction's Power 100 List of the most influential players in the art world.