Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> April 9, 2001

Stephen Dattels – Finelot Plc (fnl.l)

STEPHEN DATTELS, aged 53, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, is a co-Founder of Finelot. He is currently Non-Executive Chairman of International Pursuit Corporation, a public company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, which has been in the natural resources sector and was formerly the founder of International Gold Resources Corporation, where he developed a gold deposit in Ghana which was sold for Canadian $135 million. In addition, Mr Dattels was one of the corporate finance directors of Barrick Gold Corporation which became North America's largest gold producer from a start up stage in the mid 1980's. Mr Dattels is a shareholder in, and has financed several Internet projects, including a profitable online video store, videoflicks.com, and an inter-active real-time astrology site called astroadvice.com. Profile
TWST: Start us off with a rapid corporate profile: what is Finelot?

Mr. Dattels: Finelot started life as an art and antique auction site,

however it's transforming into a Highstyle luxury