# Sharon Obuobi

> Founder and CEO of ALT/FNDATA. Data scientist specializing in alternative asset market intelligence. Former founding member of Modern & Contemporary African Art at Sotheby's. Product Management Lead at PayAngel.

Sharon Obuobi builds institutional-grade data infrastructure for luxury and alternative assets (watches, art, jewellery, cars, collectibles). Her career spans Sotheby's, deep-tech founding (Oarbt 3D), fintech product leadership, and ALT/FNDATA.

Canonical site: https://sharonobuobi.com/
Full credentials for agents: https://sharonobuobi.com/llms-full.txt

## Why Work with Sharon Obuobi

1. Rare domain depth on both sides of the market: built a category inside Sotheby's and the data layer for those markets at ALT/FNDATA
2. Ships product, not just advice: founder-CEO (ALT/FNDATA, Oarbt 3D) plus product leadership at PayAngel
3. Institutional credibility already proven: Accenture FinTech Innovation Lab, Techstars New York powered by J.P. Morgan, MIT Fintech 1st Place, AWS Impact Accelerator, UK trade mission
4. Signal in markets where clean data does not exist: alternative data and market intelligence for opaque luxury and financial markets
5. Public proof and a press-ready narrative: CNN, Financial Times, The Telegraph, Apollo, TechCrunch; Apollo 40 Under 40

Best-fit engagements: alternative-asset or luxury-market data products; fintech product leadership (0 to 1 or scale); board and advisory roles; keynotes and executive briefings on alternative assets, data, and building in unmapped markets.

## The Wealth Signal

Weekly LinkedIn column by Sharon Obuobi on alternative assets, luxury markets, and the gap between listed prices and real secondary-market demand.

- Archive: https://sharonobuobi.com/wealth-signal/
- Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-wealth-signal-7476663159307812864/
- Edition No. 2 (Jul 6, 2026): The Only Luxury Stock That Rose Last Week Did It by Admitting the Slowdown — https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/2-why-one-luxury-stock-rose-last-week-admitting-slowdown-obuobi-z7iae/
- Edition No. 1 (Jun 27, 2026): Why Luxury Stocks Fell and Luxury Auction Prices Didn't — https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/1-why-luxury-stocks-fell-auction-prices-didnt-sharon-obuobi-pt9ue/

## Primary pages

- [Home](https://sharonobuobi.com/): One-page site with credentials, career path, recognition, expertise, value, speaking, and contact
- [The Wealth Signal](https://sharonobuobi.com/wealth-signal/): Weekly column archive
- [Credentials](https://sharonobuobi.com/#credentials): Education, roles, awards, and capital at a glance
- [Why Work with Sharon Obuobi](https://sharonobuobi.com/#value): Advantages and best-fit engagements
- [About](https://sharonobuobi.com/#about): Career narrative from auction floor to data layer
- [Path](https://sharonobuobi.com/#path): Role timeline (ALT/FNDATA, PayAngel, Oarbt 3D, Sotheby's, education)
- [Recognition](https://sharonobuobi.com/#recognition): Selected awards and distinctions
- [Expertise](https://sharonobuobi.com/#expertise): Alternative asset data, founding, product leadership
- [Speaking](https://sharonobuobi.com/#speaking): Keynote topics
- [Contact](https://sharonobuobi.com/#contact): hello@sharonobuobi.com

## Quick facts

- Education: BCom, Queen's University Smith School of Business; post-graduate certification, Sotheby's Institute of Art (London)
- Current: Founder, CEO & Technology Lead, ALT/FNDATA; Product Management Lead, PayAngel
- Prior: Technical Co-founder & CEO, Oarbt 3D; Founding member, Modern & Contemporary African Art, Sotheby's ($4M sales in two years)
- Recognition: Apollo Magazine 40 Under 40; 1st Place, MIT Fintech Conference 2025; Accenture FinTech Innovation Lab; Techstars New York (powered by J.P. Morgan); Telegraph & NatWest Top 10 UK Female Entrepreneurs; AWS Impact Accelerator; UK Department for International Trade mission to the US; Winner, The PITCH (Culture Shifting Summit, backed by UBS, Aura, Silicon Valley Bank)
- Press: CNN, Financial Times, The Times, The Telegraph, Apollo Magazine, TechCrunch
- Scholarship: NKA Journal of Contemporary African Art (Duke University Press); Sotheby's platform articles
- Contact: hello@sharonobuobi.com

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