Marlissa Gardner, Founder/Owner, Emillions

Company: Capitalizing on her love of art and a desire to connect artists with high-wealth individuals, companies and organizations, Marlissa Gardner founded Emillions, an international art procurement consulting business, in Boston nearly five years ago. She recently moved the business to Naples, where she also has a home, setting up shop on high-end Fifth Avenue South.  

But she doesn’t spend much time there. She travels the country and the world to work with individual collectors as well as hotels, Fortune 500 companies and others to collect art for personal enjoyment, decor, collections and investment.