| Imran Amed | |
| Honorific Suffix: | MBE |
| Birth Date: | 20 April 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Occupation: | Entrepreneur |
| Known For: | Founding The Business of Fashion website |
| Education: | McGill University Harvard University |
Imran Amed (born April 20, 1975)[1] is a Canadian-British fashion media entrepreneur, the founder, and editor-in-chief of the website The Business of Fashion.[2] [3] [4]
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]
As of 2013, Amed is the founder and CEO of The Business of Fashion (BoF). BoF employs 100 people in offices in London, New York, and Shanghai.[4] [6] [7]
In 2016, at the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards, Amed was awarded the Media Award in Honor of Eugenia Sheppard.[8]
He was an appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to fashion.[9]
In 2018, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Central Saint Martins at the University of the Arts London.[10]
In 2011, Amed launched a bag design collaboration with British leather goods designer Bill Amberg.[11]