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Albert Read is the managing director of Condé Nast Britain, overseeing titles and businesses including ''
British Vogue British ''Vogue'' is a British fashion magazine published based in London since autumn 1916. It is the British edition of the American magazine ''Vogue'' and is owned and distributed by Condé Montrose Nast. British ''Vogue'' editor in 2012 c ...
'', '' GQ'', '' Vanity Fair'', ''
GQ Style ''GQ'' (formerly ''Gentlemen's Quarterly'' and ''Apparel Arts'') is an American international monthly men's magazine based in New York City and founded in 1931. The publication focuses on fashion, style, and culture for men, though articles on ...
'', ''
Tatler ''Tatler'' is a British magazine published by Condé Nast Publications focusing on fashion and lifestyle, as well as coverage of high society and politics. It is targeted towards the British upper-middle class and upper class, and those interes ...
'', ''
Condé Nast Traveller ''Condé Nast Traveller'' is published by Condé Nast Publications Ltd, from Vogue House in Hanover Square, Mayfair, London. It is a luxury travel magazine aimed at the upmarket, independent traveller. It can be differentiated from the America ...
'', '' Glamour'', ''
Wired UK ''Wired UK'' is a bimonthly magazine that reports on the effects of science and technology. It covers a broad range of topics including design, architecture, culture, the economy, politics and philosophy. Owned by Condé Nast Publications, it is ...
'', ''
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'', '' House & Garden'', '' World of Interiors'', and Condé Nast Johansens. Read was previously a journalist, before moving into a business role at Conde Nast. From 2006 onwards Read played a pivotal role in managing Conde Nast's business interests in the UK and internationally. He has served as the managing director of Condé Nast Britain since 2017.


Early life and education

Read was born in
London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
. He was educated
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,
Ampleforth College Ampleforth College is a co-educational independent day and boarding school in the English public school tradition located in the village of Ampleforth, North Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1802 as a boys' school, it is situated in the groun ...
and New College, Oxford, where he read Classics. He received an MBA from
INSEAD INSEAD, a contraction of "Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires" () is a non-profit business school that maintains campuses in Europe (Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE), and North America (San ...
in 2000.


Career

Read began his career as a journalist, writing and editing for ''
The Spectator ''The Spectator'' is a weekly British magazine on politics, culture, and current affairs. It was first published in July 1828, making it the oldest surviving weekly magazine in the world. It is owned by Frederick Barclay, who also owns ''The ...
'', ''
The Daily Mail The ''Daily Mail'' is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper and news websitePeter Wilb"Paul Dacre of the Daily Mail: The man who hates liberal Britain", ''New Statesman'', 19 December 2013 (online version: 2 January 2014) publishe ...
'', ''
The Daily Express The ''Daily Express'' is a national daily United Kingdom middle-market newspaper printed in tabloid format. Published in London, it is the flagship of Express Newspapers, owned by publisher Reach plc. It was first published as a broadsheet ...
'' and ''
The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally. It was f ...
'', before moving to Conde Nast. It was stated in interviews that Read wanted to transition from journalist to the business side of publishing and began that transition once he had joined Condé Nast International. In this role he developed the distribution of Condé Nast titles to the Asian market, including the launch of ''
Vogue China ''Vogue China'' ( zh, ') is the Chinese edition of ''Vogue'' magazine. The magazine carries a mixture of local and foreign content. ''Vogue China'' became the sixteenth edition of ''Vogue'' when its first issue was released for September 2005;
'' and ''
Vogue India ''Vogue India'' is the Indian edition of the monthly fashion and lifestyle magazine ''Vogue''. It is the 17th international edition of ''Vogue'' and the first edition in South Asia. ''Vogue India'' is published by Condé Nast India Pvt. Ltd., a ...
''. During the same period, he was listed on the ''
Evening Standard The ''Evening Standard'', formerly ''The Standard'' (1827–1904), also known as the ''London Evening Standard'', is a local free daily newspaper in London, England, published Monday to Friday in tabloid format. In October 2009, after be ...
s 2007 list of London's 100 Most Influential People. In 2009 Read became publishing director of ''Wired UK''. After holding a number of business roles at Condé Nast he was promoted to deputy managing director of Condé Nast Britain in early 2012. In January 2017 it was announced that Read would be replacing
Nicholas Coleridge Sir Nicholas David Coleridge (born 4 March 1957) is a British former media executive, author, and cultural chair. He is chairman of the Victoria and Albert Museum, chairman of the Prince of Wales' Campaign for Wool, chairman of the Gilbert Trus ...
as the managing director of Conde Nast Britain. The role meant Read would be responsible for the publication of many well-known British publications, including ''British Vogue'', ''Vanity Fair'', ''Tatler'', ''Condé Nast Traveller'', ''Glamour'', ''GQ'', and others. In 2018 it was announced that ''Condé Nast Travellers editorial teams internationally and in the
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would be merged. The newly formed editorial team would be based in London under Read's guidance. In July 2019 Read also appeared on
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Business Live speaking about the market conditions of the magazine industry, and also spoke to ''
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'' in late 2019 about ''
The World of Interiors ''The World of Interiors'' is a magazine published by Condé Nast with a total readership of 152,000. The glossy monthly magazine covers interior design Interior design is the art and science of enhancing the interior of a building to ac ...
''. During the outbreak of the
COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...
, Read made the decision to unlock the May issues of certain publications, providing readers with free-digital access. He was also interviewed regularly about the health of Condé Nast's publications and the wider publishing industry during the pandemic.


Other roles

Read was a director of
Ian Fleming Publications Ian Fleming Publications is the production company formerly known as both Glidrose Productions Limited and Glidrose Publications Limited, named after its founders John Gliddon and Norman Rose. In 1952, author Ian Fleming bought it after completi ...
, best known for their involvement in the
James Bond The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have ...
franchise. He is a board member of the
Independent Press Standards Organisation The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) is the regulator of the newspaper and magazine industry in the UK. It was established on 8 September 2014 after the windup of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), which had been the main ind ...
's regulatory funding committee.


Personal life and family

Read is the son of the novelist and historian
Piers Paul Read Piers Paul Read FRSL (born 7 March 1941) is a British novelist, historian and biographer. He was first noted in 1974 for a book of reportage, '' Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors'', later adapted as a feature film and a documentary. Read ...
and is the grandson of Sir Herbert Read, poet, art critic and founder of the
Institute of Contemporary Arts The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is an artistic and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. Located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch, the ICA c ...
. He lives in
London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
with his wife and editor, Catherine Ostler.


References

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