Condé Nast

Condé Nast is a global media company based in New York whose brands include Vogue, Vanity Fair Vanity FairVanity Fair is a magazine and digital media brand owned by Condé Nast, covering politics, business, arts and culture, entertainment and fashion. The title traces back to Dress & Vanity Fair in 1913, ceased publication in 1936 and was relaunched in 1983; it has since built a historical digital archive and hosts events such as its Oscar party.Open the full entry, The New Yorker, GQ and Wired. It grew out of the publishing business Condé Montrose Nast Condé Montrose NastCondé Montrose Nast (1873–1942) was an American magazine publisher and the founder of Condé Nast Publications. After running advertising for Collier’s Weekly, he bought Vogue in 1909 and went on to publish House & Garden and Vanity Fair, championing the “class publication” aimed at a defined readership; he lost control of his company after the 1929 stock market crash.Open the full entry built after buying Vogue in 1909, was acquired by Samuel I. Newhouse Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr.Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. (1895–1979) was an American newspaper and magazine publisher and the founder of Advance. He bought the Staten Island Advance with a partner in 1922, went on to acquire and merge many newspapers, and in 1959 bought Condé Nast for $5 million; the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University is named for him.Open the full entry in 1959 and belongs to Advance, the Newhouse family’s private company. After Roger Lynch Roger LynchRoger Lynch is an American media and technology executive. He led Chello Broadband and Video Networks International, served as founding CEO of Sling TV and as CEO of Pandora, and became Condé Nast's first global chief executive in 2019. In September 2026 he announced he would step down from Condé Nast; Mattel named him chairman effective October 2, 2026, and chief executive effective no later than November 2, 2026.Open the full entry stepped down as chief executive in September 2026, lead independent director Mike Perlis Mike PerlisMike Perlis is an American media executive and investor who was president and CEO of Ziff-Davis Publishing and a general partner of SoftBank Capital, and in 2010 joined Forbes Media as the first non-family member to run it as CEO. Lead independent director of Condé Nast after nearly eight years on its board, he became its interim CEO after Roger Lynch stepped down in September 2026.Open the full entry became interim CEO.

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1909–1942Condé Montrose Nast’s Publishing Business

When Condé Montrose Nast bought Vogue in 1909 he saw that publications serving a niche, affluent audience could be a successful business; a colleague recalled that he did not want a big circulation but a good one. The company went on to add Vanity Fair and House & Garden and became known for lavish parties that brought together society figures and artists.⁠[1]

After the 1929 stock market crash, Condé Nast Publications shares fell from $93 to $4.50 and Nast lost control of his publishing business. Vanity Fair was merged into Vogue in 1936, and the company launched Glamour in 1939. Nast died in 1942, and the business stayed under family control until 1959.⁠[2][1]

From 1959The Newhouse Era

In 1959 the newspaper owner Samuel I. Newhouse bought Vogue and the rest of the Condé Nast portfolio for $5 million as an anniversary present for his wife; his elder son, Si Newhouse, went on to run the company. Under Si Newhouse it acquired GQ, Condé Nast Traveler, The New Yorker and Architectural Digest, and in 1983 it revived Vanity Fair.⁠[1]

In the 1990s Graydon Carter launched the Vanity Fair Oscar party in 1994, and from 1995 Vogue editor Anna Wintour chaired the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute benefit, the Met Gala. In 2007 the company spent $100 million launching the business magazine Portfolio, which closed two years later; Si Newhouse died in 2017.⁠[1]

2019–2026The Roger Lynch Years

Roger Lynch became Condé Nast’s chief executive in 2019. On September 30, 2026, he wrote to employees that after seven and a half years he was stepping down to become CEO of Mattel while remaining on the Condé Nast board; his letter said the company had brought its global businesses together and that since 2020 commerce revenue had grown 170%, digital subscriptions 155% and U.S.United StatesThe United States is a federal country in North America made up of 50 states, the District of Columbia as the seat of government, and territories such as Puerto Rico and Guam; its capital is Washington, D.C. The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The 2020 census (April 1, 2020) counted a resident population of 331,449,281, and the 435 seats of the House of Representatives are apportioned among the states on the basis of the census.Open the full entry tentpole events ninefold, and that it had opened its first new office in 16 years, in Dubai.⁠[3]

Lead independent director Mike Perlis became interim chief executive while the board began its search for a successor. The company’s executive leadership list names Mike Perlis as interim CEO and Anna Wintour as chief content officer and global editorial director of Vogue.⁠[3][4]

Ownership and Titles

Condé Nast is one of the companies in the portfolio of Advance, which S.I. Newhouse and his family founded in 1922 and which remains a private, family-held business; its portfolio also includes Advance Local, Stage Entertainment, The IRONMAN Group, American City Business Journals and Turnitin, and it is among the largest shareholders in Charter Communications Charter CommunicationsCharter Communications, Inc. is an American broadband connectivity company operating under the Spectrum brand, headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.Open the full entry and Reddit.⁠[5]

Britannica Encyclopædia BritannicaEncyclopædia Britannica is a general English-language encyclopedia first published in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1768; the name also refers to its publisher, Chicago-based Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. (which presents itself as The Britannica Group). The print edition ended in 2012, and the company’s main businesses since then have been the online encyclopedia Britannica.com, digital education products for schools and libraries, and Merriam-Webster dictionaries.Open the full entry lists its best-known publications as AD (Architectural Digest), Bon Appétit, Condé Nast Traveler, Glamour, GQ, House & Garden, Pitchfork, Self, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue and Wired.⁠[1]

Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts

Condé Nast: Official website: https://www.condenast.com/ (opens in a new window).⁠[6]

Advance: Condé Nast’s parent company. Official website: https://www.advance.com/ (opens in a new window).⁠[5]

X: https://x.com/CondeNast (opens in a new window).⁠[7]

LinkedIn LinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: https://www.linkedin.com/company/conde-nast/ (opens in a new window).⁠[8]

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/condenast/ (opens in a new window).⁠[9]