IImran Amed is founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of The Business of Fashion, the upstart media company that has grown from a blog into the most trusted global authority on the $3 trillion fashion, luxury and beauty industries. BoF serves 100,000 paying members and reaches more than 1 million email subscribers in 190 countries.
An indispensable resource for executives, designers, investors and students, BoF combines independent, agenda-setting journalism with strategic business advice, online learning, career-building tools and immersive events, driving smarter decision-making and powering positive change in fashion and the wider world.
The proud son of first generation immigrants from Kenya and Tanzania, Imran is Canadian by birth, Indian by ethnicity, East African by heritage, and a Londoner by choice.
Imran has an MBA from Harvard Business School, a B.Com from McGill University and an honorary doctorate from Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design. Previously, he was a management consultant at McKinsey & Co. In 2017, Imran was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II as Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to the fashion industry.
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