Condé Nast

Who owns Condé Nast?
Condé Nast is owned by Advance Publications, the private media holding company controlled by the Newhouse family. Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. began acquiring Condé Nast in 1959, and the Newhouse family has controlled it since.

Is Condé Nast publicly traded?
No. Condé Nast is a private company, owned by Advance Publications. It has no public shareholders and does not report financial results to public markets.

What magazines does Condé Nast publish?
Condé Nast publishes Vogue, The New Yorker, Wired, GQ, Vanity Fair, Architectural Digest, Bon Appétit, Allure, Glamour, and approximately 15 other brands globally.

Condé Montrose Nast purchased Vogue magazine in 1909 after it had been established in 1892 as a New York society journal. Nast transformed Vogue into a fashion and culture publication of international scope, and the Condé Nast company grew around that founding brand.

Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. began acquiring Condé Nast publications in 1959, when Advance Publications purchased the company. The Newhouse family's Advance Publications has controlled Condé Nast since then, operating it as a private company alongside its other media holdings, which include Reddit (minority stake through a 2023 IPO), Pitchfork (music publication), and a network of US newspapers.

Anna Wintour joined Vogue as Editor-in-Chief in 1988 and has been one of the most influential figures in global fashion media for nearly four decades. She was appointed Condé Nast's Global Chief Content Officer in 2020, overseeing editorial direction across the entire company portfolio.

In recent years, Condé Nast has undergone significant restructuring in response to declining print advertising revenues, including staff reductions across multiple titles, the merging of US and international operations under a unified global structure, and a shift toward digital subscription revenue. The company closed or merged several titles and eliminated print editions for some brands, including Teen Vogue's print edition in 2017.

Condé Nast has committed to carbon neutrality for its direct operations and has been a signatory to various industry sustainability initiatives. The company has faced criticism over diversity and inclusion practices, particularly in the fashion media sector, and has made public commitments to increase representation across editorial leadership and content.