Bruce Livingstone is a Canadian entrepreneur who founded
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...
-based
iStockphoto
iStock is an online royalty free, international micro stock photography provider based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The firm offers millions of photos, illustrations, clip art, videos and audio tracks. Artists, designers and photographers world ...
, an online distributor of
stock photography
Stock photography is the supply of photographs which are often licensed for specific uses. The stock photo industry, which began to gain hold in the 1920s, has established models including traditional macrostock photography, midstock photography, ...
.
Livingstone started iStockphoto in 2000 as a project offering stock photos for free over the internet. In 2002, high monthly bandwidth bills prodded him to implement a payment/credit system. In 2006, Livingstone sold iStockphoto to
Getty Images
Getty Images Holdings, Inc. is an American visual media company and is a supplier of stock images, editorial photography, video and music for business and consumers, with a library of over 477 million assets. It targets three markets— creative ...
for $50 million, where he continued on as iStockphoto's CEO.
Livingstone picked up additional roles at Getty (including SVP Consumer
) but left Getty and iStockphoto in 2009.
In 2010, he became CEO of
Saatchi Online
The Saatchi Gallery is a London gallery for contemporary art and an independent charity opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985. Exhibitions which drew upon the collection of Charles Saatchi, starting with US artists and minimalism, moving to the Da ...
, an internet-based art community, and later resigned his position in 2012.
In 2013, unhappy with the direction of iStock under Getty (and following the expiration of his
non-compete agreement
In contract law, a non-compete clause (often NCC), restrictive covenant, or covenant not to compete (CNC), is a clause under which one party (usually an employee) agrees not to enter into or start a similar profession or trade in competition again ...
) Livingston founded
Stocksy United
Stocksy United, also referred to as Stocksy or Stocksy United Photography, is a Victoria, British Columbia based platform cooperative that accepts and provides royalty-free stock photography and stock video. Stocksy uses a curated editing a ...
, a royalty-free stock photo and video agency based in Victoria, BC.
References
Interview With Bruce Livingstone – Founder and CEO of iStockphoto , Young Entrepreneurs
External links
About Stocksy United
Living people
Canadian businesspeople
Year of birth missing (living people)
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