Nominee for Collectible Executive of the Year

Nicolas le Jeune
CEO and Co-Founder of Courtyard

Nicolas le Jeune is the CEO and Co-Founder of Courtyard.io, a marketplace built for modern collecting. Under his leadership, Courtyard has reimagined how people buy, sell, and experience collectibles — from graded sports and Pokémon cards to comics and beyond.

Before founding Courtyard, le Jeune built experience in product and strategy leadership, with a focus on bridging consumer technology and collecting.


Courtyard introduced the “Slab Pack,” a digital-first way to open mystery packs of real, graded cards that can be instantly sold back at 90% of market value, listed in the marketplace with 0% fees, or kept vaulted and insured until collectors choose to ship them home. By merging innovation with collecting culture, le Jeune and his team have made collecting more liquid, transparent, and exciting for a new generation of collectors.

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