Imran Amed
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Imran Amed | |
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| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Founding The Business of Fashion website |
Imran Amed MBE is a Canadian-British fashion businessman, and founder and editor-in-chief of The Business of Fashion.[1]
Background
Amed was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, and is of Indian descent. Amed attended McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.[citation needed] After graduation, he worked as a management consultant.[citation needed] In 2000, he enrolled at Harvard Business School to complete an MBA.[citation needed] Upon graduation in 2002, he moved to London to work for McKinsey & Company, the global management consulting firm.[citation needed] He left McKinsey in 2006 to explore his interest in the fashion industry.[citation needed]
Editorial work
Until 2013, Amed has become a main contributor to "The Business of Fashion" (BoF). BoF employs nearly 80 people in offices in London, New York, and Shanghai.[2][3]
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.[4]
He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honors for services to fashion.[5][6]
Products
In 2011, Amed launched a bag design collaboration with British leather goods designer Bill Amberg.[7]
Books
- Pattern, Phaidon, 2013 (ISBN 0714849723; ISBN 978-0714849720)
References
- ^ "Imran Amed Bio". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
- ^ Mohammed, Sagal (2018-11-04). "Is Imran Amed the most powerful man in fashion?". YOU Magazine. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
- ^ Lewis, Tim (2018-09-09). "Imran Amed: meet fashion's most influential man". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
- ^ "How Imran Amed became Canada's stealth player in global fashion". The Star. June 8, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
- ^ "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). December 31, 2016. p. N15.
- ^ "New Years Honours List 2017" (PDF). www.gov.uk. HM Government of the United Kingdom. December 31, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
- ^ Menkes, Suzy (February 17, 2011). "Cast your vote for Lam". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
External links
- Canadian fashion journalists
- McGill University alumni
- Businesspeople from Calgary
- Journalists from Alberta
- Canadian emigrants to the United Kingdom
- Living people
- Harvard Business School alumni
- McKinsey & Company people
- Canadian people of Indian descent
- English people of Indian descent
- Members of the Order of the British Empire