Imran Amed

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

Imran Amed
MBE
Amed in 2010
Born (1975-04-20) April 20, 1975
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
EducationMcGill University
Harvard University
OccupationBusinessman
Known forFounding The Business of Fashion website

Background

Amed was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta. He is of Indian descent.

Amed attended McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.[3] After graduation, he worked as a management consultant.[5] In 2000, he enrolled at Harvard Business School to complete an MBA.[3] Upon graduation in 2002, he 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]

Editorial work

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.[4][6]

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.[7]

He was an appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honors for services to fashion.[8][9]

Products

In 2011, Amed launched a bag design collaboration with British leather goods designer Bill Amberg.[10]

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

References
  1. "Imran Amed". The Talks. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  2. "Imran Amed Bio". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
  3. "BoF founder Imran Amed on his Indian identity, his role in the fashion industry and what lies ahead". GQ India. 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  4. Lewis, Tim (2018-09-09). "Imran Amed: meet fashion's most influential man". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. 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. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  6. Mohammed, Sagal (2018-11-04). "Is Imran Amed the most powerful man in fashion?". YOU Magazine. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  7. "How Imran Amed became Canada's stealth player in global fashion". The Star. June 8, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  8. "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). December 31, 2016. p. N15.
  9. "New Years Honours List 2017" (PDF). www.gov.uk. HM Government of the United Kingdom. December 31, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
  10. Menkes, Suzy (February 17, 2011). "Cast your vote for Lam". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
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