Anthony Nares | |
Birth Name: | Anthony James Nares |
Birth Date: | 17 December 1942 |
Death Date: | 19 February 1996 |
Death Place: | Klosters, Switzerland |
Nationality: | British |
Education: | Charterhouse School |
Occupation: | publisher |
Known For: | founder, Marketing Week |
Spouse: | Thomasin Gilbey |
Parents: | John George Alastair Nares |
Children: | one son |
Relations: | Vice-Admiral Sir George Nares (great-grandfather) |
Anthony James Nares (17 December 1942 - 19 February 1996) was a British publisher.
Anthony James Nares was born on 17 December 1942,[1] [2] the son of John George Alastair Nares.[3] His grandfather was Vice-Admiral John Dodd Nares, and his great-grandfather was Vice-Admiral Sir George Nares.[4]
He was educated at Charterhouse School, and in France, where he became fluent in French and Spanish.[3]
In 1978, Nares founded Marketing Week Publications, and launched the magazine Marketing Week, in a partnership with Michael Chamberlain, who became the editor.[1]
In 1982, Centaur Media, run by his friend Graham Sherren, bought Marketing Week, and Nares became Centaur's managing director.[1]
In 1975, Nares married Thomasin Gilbey, and they had one son together.[1]
On 19 February 1996, he was killed in an avalanche while skiing in Klosters, Switzerland.[1] [5]