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| name = Imran Amed
| name = Imran Amed
| honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]
| honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]
| image = Imransimon (cropped).jpg
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| image_caption = Amed in 2010
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|4|20}}
| birth_place = [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], Canada
| birth_place = [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], Canada
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| occupation = entrepreneur, editor, lecturer, consultant, professional speaker
| occupation = Entrepreneur
| known_for = Founding The Business of Fashion website
| known_for = Founding The Business of Fashion website
| awards = MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire), CFDA Media Award in Honor of Eugenia Sheppard
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| education = [[McGill University]]<br/>[[Harvard University]]
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| partner = Nikhil Mansata
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'''Imran Amed''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} is a Canadian-British fashion [[expert]] and founder and editor-in-chief of ''The Business of Fashion''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Imran Amed Bio|url=http://www.businessoffashion.com/about/imran-amed-editor-london|publisher=The Business of Fashion|access-date= December 28, 2012}}</ref> He was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honors for services to fashion.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61803|supp=y|page=N15|date= December 31, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/580999/new-years-honours-2017-full-list.pdf|title=New Years Honours List 2017|date=December 31, 2016|website=www.gov.uk|publisher=HM Government of the United Kingdom|access-date=December 31, 2016}}</ref>
'''Imran Amed''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (born April 20, 1975)<ref>{{cite web |title=Imran Amed |url=https://the-talks.com/interview/imran-amed/ |website=The Talks |access-date=6 December 2023 |date=11 February 2015 |archive-date=7 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207180505/https://the-talks.com/interview/imran-amed/ |url-status=live }}</ref> is a [[Canadian British|Canadian-British]] fashion media entrepreneur. He is the founder and [[editor-in-chief]] of the website '''''The Business of Fashion'''''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Imran Amed Bio|url=http://www.businessoffashion.com/about/imran-amed-editor-london|publisher=The Business of Fashion|access-date=December 28, 2012|archive-date=January 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116152744/http://www.businessoffashion.com/about/imran-amed-editor-london|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kurrien |first=Che |date=2023-04-14 |title=BoF founder Imran Amed on his Indian identity, his role in the fashion industry and what lies ahead |url=https://www.gqindia.com/content/bof-founder-imran-amed-on-his-indian-identity-role-in-fashion-industry-what-lies-ahead |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=GQ India |language=en-IN |archive-date=2023-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618084958/https://www.gqindia.com/content/bof-founder-imran-amed-on-his-indian-identity-role-in-fashion-industry-what-lies-ahead |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="The Observer">{{Cite news |last=Lewis |first=Tim |date=2018-09-09 |title=Imran Amed: meet fashion's most influential man |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/sep/09/imran-amed-business-of-fashion-interview-is-this-fashions-most-influential-man |access-date=2023-06-18 |work=[[The Observer]] |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712 |archive-date=2024-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925125717/https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/sep/09/imran-amed-business-of-fashion-interview-is-this-fashions-most-influential-man |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Background==
==Early life==
Amed was born and raised in [[Calgary, Alberta]], and is of Indian descent. Amed attended [[McGill University]] in [[Montreal, Quebec]]. After graduation, he worked as a management consultant. In 2000, he enrolled at [[Harvard Business School]] to complete an MBA. Upon graduation in 2002, he moved to London to work for [[McKinsey & Company]], the global management consulting firm. He left McKinsey in 2006 to explore his interest in the fashion industry.
Amed was born and raised in [[Calgary, Alberta]]. He is of Indian descent.<ref name="The Observer" /> Amed attended [[McGill University]] in [[Montreal, Quebec]]. In 2000, he enrolled at [[Harvard Business School]] to complete an [[MBA]].<ref name=":0" />
== Career ==
Upon graduation in 2002, Amed moved to London to work for [[McKinsey & Company]], a global management consulting firm.<ref name="Lifestyle Asia">{{Cite web |date=2023-04-06 |title=Imran Amed: "I'm grateful to have work that I care about, to do work that touches people" {{!}} Exclusive |url=https://www.lifestyleasia.com/ind/culture/imran-amed-dior-maria-grazia-chiuri-business-of-fashion-luxury-india/ |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=Lifestyle Asia India |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925125819/https://www.lifestyleasia.com/ind/culture/imran-amed-dior-maria-grazia-chiuri-business-of-fashion-luxury-india/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He left McKinsey in 2006 to explore his interest in the fashion industry.<ref name=":0" />


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In 2011, Amed launched a bag design collaboration with British leather goods designer [[Bill Amberg]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Menkes |first=Suzy |date=February 17, 2011 |title=Cast your vote for Lam |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/18/fashion/18iht-rimran18.html?_r=1 |access-date=December 23, 2012 |newspaper=International Herald Tribune |archive-date=September 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925130221/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/18/fashion/18iht-rimran18.html?_r=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Editorial work==
An industry outsider, Amed started writing a blog, "The Business of Fashion<ref>{{cite news|last=Verner|first=Amy|title=Minding the Business of Fashion|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/fashion-and-beauty/fashion/imran-amed-minding-the-business-of-fashion/article4179375/|access-date= December 23, 2012|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=May 19, 2012}}</ref> about the fashion business in January 2007 from his sofa at home in London in the evenings, while consulting for fashion brands and emerging designers during the day. Prior to that, Amed had set up a company providing capital to designers, which lasted for a year.<ref name=guardian >{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/feb/21/business-of-fashion-imran-amed-blogging |title=Business of Fashion boss: ‘People on the inside don’t see how exciting it is’|date=February 21, 2016 |newspaper= The Guardian |access-date=March 27, 2017}}</ref>


=== ''The Business of Fashion'' ===
New in the fashion world was his idea to keep readers up-to-date with an e-mail newsletter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/7383733a-61be-11e9-b285-3acd5d43599e|title=Subscribe to read {{!}} Financial Times|website=www.ft.com|access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref> In 2018, his daily newsletter had nearly 500,000 subscribers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/sep/09/imran-amed-business-of-fashion-interview-is-this-fashions-most-influential-man|title=Imran Amed: meet fashion’s most influential man|last=Lewis|first=Tim|date=2018-09-09|work=The Observer|access-date=2020-01-13|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712}}</ref>
Amed is the founder of ''The Business of Fashion'' (BoF), a fashion news website. He launched it as a blog from his flat in [[Notting Hill]] in 2007.<ref name="The Observer" /><ref name=":0" />


In 2013, Amed raised $2.5 million in seed financing.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Blasberg |first=Derek |date=2015-11-11 |title=How Imran Amed Is Turning Business of Fashion into an Empire |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2015/11/imran-amed-business-of-fashion |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925125818/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2015/11/imran-amed-business-of-fashion |url-status=live }}</ref> BoF launched in China in 2014; [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|''Vanity Fair'']] described it as the "only fashion-industry publication of its kind in the country."<ref name=":1" />
Amed has conducted interviews with some of the fashion world's biggest names, including [[Karl Lagerfeld]], [[Kate Moss]], [[Giorgio Armani]], [[Yohji Yamamoto]], [[Raf Simons]], [[Tom Ford]], [[Tommy Hilfiger]], [[Stella McCartney]], [[Franca Sozzani]], [[Natalie Massenet]], [[Nick Knight (photographer)|Nick Knight]], [[Dolce & Gabbana]], and [[Jefferson Hack]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Lauren|title=Fashion Pioneer|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2010/11/17/nick-knight-business-of-fashion-pioneers|work=Vogue.co.uk|access-date= December 23, 2012}}</ref> He has also interviewed the CEOs of global fashion businesses including [[Kering]], [[Chanel]], [[Gucci]], [[Bottega Veneta]], [[Versace]], [[Fendi]], [[Yves Saint Laurent (brand)|Yves Saint Laurent]], [[Valentino SpA|Valentino]], [[Calvin Klein]], [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]], [[Benetton Group|Benetton]], [[Lacoste]], and [[Marc Jacobs]].<ref>{{cite web|title=CEO Talk Interviews|url=http://www.businessoffashion.com/category/ceo-talk|publisher=The Business of Fashion|access-date= December 23, 2012}}</ref>


Until 2013, Amed has become a main contributor to "The Business of Fashion" (BoF). Between 2013 and 2018, BoF's annual sales increased by more than 50 percent each year. BoF employs nearly 80 people in offices in London, New York, and Shanghai.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.you.co.uk/imran-ahmed/|title=Is Imran Amed the most powerful man in fashion?|last=Mohammed|first=Sagal|date=2018-11-04|website=YOU Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/sep/09/imran-amed-business-of-fashion-interview-is-this-fashions-most-influential-man|title=Imran Amed: meet fashion’s most influential man|last=Lewis|first=Tim|date=2018-09-09|work=The Observer|access-date=2020-01-20|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712}}</ref>
In 2015, BoF had 30 employees,<ref name=":1" /> which expanded to 80 by 2018 at offices in [[London]], [[New York City|New York]] and [[Shanghai]].<ref name="The Observer" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mohammed |first=Sagal |date=2018-11-04 |title=Is Imran Amed the most powerful man in fashion? |url=https://www.you.co.uk/imran-ahmed/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416150824/https://www.you.co.uk/imran-ahmed/ |archive-date=April 16, 2021 |access-date=2020-01-20 |website=YOU Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> The website had 100 employees as of 2024.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Mlotek |first=Haley |date=September 3, 2024 |title=The Outsiders |url=https://www.cjr.org/the_feature/the-outsiders-business-of-fashion-imran-amed.php |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=[[Columbia Journalism Review]] |language=en |archive-date=2024-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915224934/https://www.cjr.org/the_feature/the-outsiders-business-of-fashion-imran-amed.php |url-status=live }}</ref>


In October 2016, BoF launched a subscription model for full access to its content. In 2018, [[The Observer|''The Observer'']] reported that while some of BoF's content was original, the rest was [[News aggregator|aggregated]] from publications such as [[Vogue (magazine)|''Vogue'']], [[The New York Times|''The New York Times'']] and Chinese newspapers.<ref name="The Observer" />
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==Awards and honors==
In 2011, Amed was named one of the 100 most influential men in Britain by British ''[[GQ]],'' and one of the 50 most influential Global Indians by Indian ''GQ''.{{cn|date=September 2022}}


As of 2024, BoF had over 100,000 subscribers from over 130 countries. The [[Columbia Journalism Review|''Columbia Journalism Review'']] described BoF as "a publication that is part trade reporting, part networking, for the industry professional who reads financial reports more than the enthusiast who follows ''Vogue'' covers".<ref name=":2" />
In 2012, he was featured on the ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' 100 list of the most influential figures in Britain's digital economy and was ranked number one on Indian [[GQ]]'s list of the 10 best-dressed Global Indians.{{cn|date=September 2022}}


== Personal life ==
In 2015, he was named Honorary Professor of Fashion Business at [[Glasgow Caledonian University]].{{cn|date=September 2022}}
Amed is in a relationship with Nikhil Mansata, a creative director and stylist.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chowdhury |first=Rishita Roy |date=2020-10-11 |title=Sonam Kapoor wishes stylist Nikhil Mansata on birthday: Love you my personality twin |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/sonam-kapoor-wishes-stylist-nikhil-mansata-on-birthday-love-you-my-personality-twin-1730539-2020-10-11 |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=[[India Today]] |language=en |archive-date=2021-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922182449/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/sonam-kapoor-wishes-stylist-nikhil-mansata-on-birthday-love-you-my-personality-twin-1730539-2020-10-11 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0" />

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==Awards and honors==
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In 2016, at the [[Council of Fashion Designers of America]] Awards, Amed was awarded the Media Award in Honor of [[Eugenia Sheppard]].<ref name="star">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2016/06/08/how-imran-amed-became-canadas-stealth-player-in-global-fashion.html |title=How Imran Amed became Canada's stealth player in global fashion |date=June 8, 2016 |newspaper=The Star |access-date=March 27, 2017 |archive-date=March 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328195445/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2016/06/08/how-imran-amed-became-canadas-stealth-player-in-global-fashion.html |url-status=live }}</ref>


He was an appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to fashion.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61803|supp=y|page=N15|date= December 31, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/580999/new-years-honours-2017-full-list.pdf|title=New Years Honours List 2017|date=December 31, 2016|website=www.gov.uk|publisher=HM Government of the United Kingdom|access-date=December 31, 2016|archive-date=December 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231075327/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/580999/new-years-honours-2017-full-list.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
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In 2016, at the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards, Amed was awarded the Media Award in Honor of Eugenia Sheppard.<ref name="star">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2016/06/08/how-imran-amed-became-canadas-stealth-player-in-global-fashion.html |title=How Imran Amed became Canada’s stealth player in global fashion|date=June 8, 2016 |newspaper= The Star |access-date=March 27, 2017}}</ref>


In 2018, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Central Saint Martins at the University of the Arts London.<ref>{{Cite web |last=UAL |date=2023-06-01 |title=Imran Amed MBE |url=https://www.arts.ac.uk/people/honoraries/imran-amed-mbe |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=UAL |language=en |archive-date=2024-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925130327/https://www.arts.ac.uk/people/honoraries/imran-amed-mbe |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Products==
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In 2011, Amed launched a bag design collaboration with British leather goods designer [[Bill Amberg]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Menkes|first=Suzy|title=Cast your vote for Lam|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/18/fashion/18iht-rimran18.html?_r=1|access-date= December 23, 2012|newspaper=International Herald Tribune|date=February 17, 2011}}</ref>


==Books==
==Books==
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Imran Amed
MBE
Amed in 2010
Born (1975-04-20) April 20, 1975 (age 49)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
EducationMcGill University
Harvard University
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forFounding The Business of Fashion website
PartnerNikhil Mansata

Imran Amed MBE (born April 20, 1975)[1] is a Canadian-British fashion media entrepreneur. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the website The Business of Fashion.[2][3][4]

Early life

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Amed was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta. He is of Indian descent.[4] Amed attended McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. In 2000, he enrolled at Harvard Business School to complete an MBA.[3]

Career

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Upon graduation in 2002, Amed moved to London to work for McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm.[5] He left McKinsey in 2006 to explore his interest in the fashion industry.[3]

In 2011, Amed launched a bag design collaboration with British leather goods designer Bill Amberg.[6]

The Business of Fashion

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Amed is the founder of The Business of Fashion (BoF), a fashion news website. He launched it as a blog from his flat in Notting Hill in 2007.[4][3]

In 2013, Amed raised $2.5 million in seed financing.[7] BoF launched in China in 2014; Vanity Fair described it as the "only fashion-industry publication of its kind in the country."[7]

In 2015, BoF had 30 employees,[7] which expanded to 80 by 2018 at offices in London, New York and Shanghai.[4][8] The website had 100 employees as of 2024.[9]

In October 2016, BoF launched a subscription model for full access to its content. In 2018, The Observer reported that while some of BoF's content was original, the rest was aggregated from publications such as Vogue, The New York Times and Chinese newspapers.[4]

As of 2024, BoF had over 100,000 subscribers from over 130 countries. The Columbia Journalism Review described BoF as "a publication that is part trade reporting, part networking, for the industry professional who reads financial reports more than the enthusiast who follows Vogue covers".[9]

Personal life

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Amed is in a relationship with Nikhil Mansata, a creative director and stylist.[10][3]

Awards and honors

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In 2016, at the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards, Amed was awarded the Media Award in Honor of Eugenia Sheppard.[11]

He was an appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to fashion.[12][13]

In 2018, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Central Saint Martins at the University of the Arts London.[14]

Books

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  • Pattern, Phaidon, 2013 (ISBN 0714849723; ISBN 978-0714849720)

References

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  1. ^ "Imran Amed". The Talks. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Imran Amed Bio". The Business of Fashion. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e Kurrien, Che (2023-04-14). "BoF founder Imran Amed on his Indian identity, his role in the fashion industry and what lies ahead". GQ India. Archived from the original on 2023-06-18. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  4. ^ a b c d e Lewis, Tim (2018-09-09). "Imran Amed: meet fashion's most influential man". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Archived from the original on 2024-09-25. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  5. ^ "Imran Amed: "I'm grateful to have work that I care about, to do work that touches people" | Exclusive". Lifestyle Asia India. 2023-04-06. Archived from the original on 2024-09-25. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  6. ^ Menkes, Suzy (February 17, 2011). "Cast your vote for Lam". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on September 25, 2024. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
  7. ^ a b c Blasberg, Derek (2015-11-11). "How Imran Amed Is Turning Business of Fashion into an Empire". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on 2024-09-25. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  8. ^ Mohammed, Sagal (2018-11-04). "Is Imran Amed the most powerful man in fashion?". YOU Magazine. Archived from the original on April 16, 2021. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  9. ^ a b Mlotek, Haley (September 3, 2024). "The Outsiders". Columbia Journalism Review. Archived from the original on 2024-09-15. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  10. ^ Chowdhury, Rishita Roy (2020-10-11). "Sonam Kapoor wishes stylist Nikhil Mansata on birthday: Love you my personality twin". India Today. Archived from the original on 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  11. ^ "How Imran Amed became Canada's stealth player in global fashion". The Star. June 8, 2016. Archived from the original on March 28, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  12. ^ "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). December 31, 2016. p. N15.
  13. ^ "New Years Honours List 2017" (PDF). www.gov.uk. HM Government of the United Kingdom. December 31, 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 31, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
  14. ^ UAL (2023-06-01). "Imran Amed MBE". UAL. Archived from the original on 2024-09-25. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
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