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Patrick Lor

Patrick Lor | President, Fotolia.com North America

Claim to fame

20 yrs in design/software, including Adobe in the 90's. Co-Founded iStockphoto. Currently president, Fotolia.com North America.

Words to live by

"That which can be taught is not worth learning" - Oscar Wilde.

More information about Patrick Lor

Patrick Lor is President, Fotolia North America. Fotolia.com is one of the world’s leading providers of affordable stock imagery, with a database of over 13 million images and over one million members world wide. With web sites in 12 languages, Fotolia, LLC is based in New York and has offices in 14 countries. Patrick helped pioneer the microstock industry, joining the world’s first microstock agency in 2001 as co-founder. Upon his departure, the company was selling over 12 million images annually, and was sold to Getty Images for US$50 million in 2006. He has also held senior marketing and product development roles at Adobe’s Image Club Graphics Division, which produced and marketed fonts, photography, clip art and design applications to professional designers throughout the world. Patrick has extensive experience mentoring startups, including Aviary.com, Benevity.com and Bumptop.com.