Anna Wintour was born in London in 1949 to a journalistic family — her father was the editor of the Evening Standard — and built her career across Harpers & Queen, New York and House & Garden before being named editor-in-chief of American Vogue in 1988. She has held the role for more than thirty-five years and serves as global chief content officer of Condé Nast.
Her editorial decisions have shaped careers, designers, models and entire fashion movements, and the Met Gala, which she has chaired since 1995, has become the most globally watched cultural event of its kind. Wintour has also been an active philanthropic and political voice, particularly on arts funding and democratic participation.
Inside the fashion industry she is regarded as the defining example of editorial authority sustained across multiple media cycles.