Imran Amed Biography

Bringing a unique understanding of the creative and commercial sides of fashion Imran Amed has emerged as one of the global fashion industry’s leading writers thinkers and commentators and is founder CEO and editor-in-chief of The Business of Fashion (BoF) which began from Imran’s sofa in 2007 as a passion project.
From the start BoF sparked a new kind of fashion dialogue exploring the key drivers of an industry undergoing unprecedented change. Social media and new technology were about to explode onto the fashion landscape new markets in China India and Brazil were rapidly rising in importance and the financial crisis of 2008 created a step-change in consumer values and expectations. The fashion industry was emerging as a force in popular culture and there was much to analyse dissect and explore. From its humble beginnings as a blog today BoF has grown into the pre-eminent platform for opening informing and connecting the global fashion community.
In 2013 after financing BoF independently Imran raised a seed funding round followed by a Series A round of funding in 2015 from a group of investors including Index Ventures LVMH Carmen Busquets and Felix Capital who together hold a minority stake in the business.

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