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{{short description|Canadian-British entrepreneur and fashion expert}}
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{{Infobox person
| 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_place = [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], Canada
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|4|20}}
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| birth_place = [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], Canada
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| occupation = Businessman
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| known_for = Founding The Business of Fashion website
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| occupation = Entrepreneur
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| education = [[McGill University]]<br/>[[Harvard University]]
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'''Imran Amed''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} is a [[Canadian British|Canadian-British]] fashion businessman, 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><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |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=2023-06-18 |website=GQ India |language=en-IN}}</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>

==Early life==
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>

=== ''The Business of Fashion'' ===
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" />

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" />


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" />
==Background==
Amed was born and raised in [[Calgary, Alberta]], and is of Indian descent. Amed attended [[McGill University]] in [[Montreal, Quebec]]. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |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=2023-06-18 |website=GQ India |language=en-IN}}</ref> After graduation, he worked as a management consultant.{{citation needed|date= February 2023}} In 2000, he enrolled at [[Harvard Business School]] to complete an [[MBA]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |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=2023-06-18 |website=GQ India |language=en-IN}}</ref> Upon graduation in 2002, he moved to London to work for [[McKinsey & Company]], the global management consulting firm.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He left McKinsey in 2006 to explore his interest in the fashion industry.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |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=2023-06-18 |website=GQ India |language=en-IN}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
==Editorial work==
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" />
As of 2013, Amed has become the main contributor of "The Business of Fashion" (BoF). 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>


==Awards and honors==
==Awards and honors==
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 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 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>
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>


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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