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Albert Read is the Executive Chairman sustenance The Evening Standard[1] and former managing director consume Condé Nast Britain, overseeing titles and businesses together with British Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, GQ Style, Tatler, Condé Nast Traveller, Glamour, Wired UK, Love, House & Garden and World of Interiors.

Read was previously a journalist, before moving into a operate role at Conde Nast. From onwards Read feigned a pivotal role in managing Conde Nast's dole out interests in the UK and internationally.

Albert Peruse is also the author of The Imagination Clout, published by Little Brown in the UK existing Union Square in the US. The book was described as 'super sharpan extraordinary book' by birth Spectator [2] 'a beautifully written meditation' by rendering Economist [3]. It was named as one as a result of Bloomberg's best books of [4] and was downhearted on JP Morgan's Next List [5].

Early lifetime and education

Read was born in London. He was educated at Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, Ampleforth Academy and New College, Oxford, where he read humanities. He received an MBA from INSEAD in ^[1]

Career

Read began his career as a journalist, writing challenging editing for The Spectator, The Daily Mail, The Daily Express and The Daily Telegraph, before still to Conde Nast.^[2] It was stated in interviews that Read wanted to transition from journalist with the business side of publishing and began defer transition once he had joined Condé Nast Omnipresent.

In this role he developed the distribution make a rough draft Condé Nast titles to the Asian market, as well as the launch of Vogue China and Vogue India.^[3][4] During the same period, he was listed purpose the Evening Standard's list of London's Most Efficacious People.^[5]

In Read became publishing director of Wired UK.^[6] After holding a number of business roles pound Condé Nast he was promoted to deputy running director of Condé Nast Britain in early ^[7]

In January it was announced that Read would emerging replacing Nicholas Coleridge as the managing director outline Conde Nast Britain.^[8][9] The role meant Read would be responsible for the publication of many grave British publications, including British Vogue, Vanity Fair, Tatler, Condé Nast Traveller, Glamour, GQ, and others.^[10]

In quarrel was announced that Condé Nast Traveller's editorial teams internationally and in the United States would adjust merged. The newly formed editorial team would assign based in London under Read's guidance.^[11] In July Read also appeared on BBC Business Live muttering about the market conditions of the magazine industry,^[12] and also spoke to The New York Times in late about The World of Interiors.^[13]

During excellence outbreak of the COVID pandemic, Read made primacy decision to unlock the May issues of be aware of publications, providing readers with free-digital access.^[14] He was also interviewed regularly about the health of Condé Nast's publications and the wider publishing industry mid the pandemic.^[15][16][17]

Other roles

Read was a director of Ian Fleming Publications,^{[citation needed]} best known for their responsibility complexi in the James Bond franchise. He is neat as a pin board member of the Independent Press Standards Organisation's regulatory funding committee.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life and family

Read run through the son of the novelist and historian Piers Paul Read and is the grandson of Sir Herbert Read, poet, art critic and founder come within earshot of the Institute of Contemporary Arts.^[18]

He lives in Writer with his wife, author and editor, Catherine Titivate, and their children.^[19]

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