Every year, Mark Ghiglieri takes a break from managing his investment art firm to ply the waters of his home state in search of elusive salmon. Boating and fishing the Pacific Coast provides Mark Ghiglieri a relaxing change of pace from marketing and selling fine bronze and silver sculptures to consumers around the world, as well as an opportunity for Mark Ghiglieri to return to his boyhood roots. An Oregon native and the Founder and CEO of Masterpiece Investments Art Gallery, Mark Ghiglieri grew up on the Columbia River, sport fishing and exploring secluded coves and inlets in a 12-foot Zodiac. Some of Mark Ghiglieri’s fondest childhood memories include catching river salmon with his bare hands in Tryon Creek. Mark Ghiglieri’s passion eventually turned into a summer job, hunting Chinook salmon as a fishing guide on the Campbell River in British Columbia. Years later, entrepreneur and successful businessman Mark Ghiglieri still returns annually during the summer to dory fish off the coast of Pacific City, Oregon. A fishing purist, Mark Ghiglieri believes strictly in catch and release, returning fish weighing less than 40 pounds while keeping a select few impressive trophies to mount on the wall. Mark Ghiglieri often strikes out for new territories on his fishing treks, pointing his bow toward the coastal wilderness of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska in search of rare sturgeon and salmon. Around September, Mark Ghiglieri returns to his Naples, Florida, home and back to other activities that ignite his enthusiasm, including distributing and donating his family’s fine artwork through Masterpiece Investments Art Gallery. To date, Mark Ghiglieri has sold more than $120 million worth of Ghiglieri family figures and statues. Finding the greatest fulfillment in contributing the pieces to charity auctions, Mark Ghiglieri has raised tens of millions of dollars for charity groups throughout the United States.
