Condé Montrose Nast
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Condé Montrose Nast (March 26, 1873–September 19, 1942) was the founder of Condé Nast Publications, a major American magazine publisher. He was born in New York City, United States.
After working for Collier's Weekly (1898–1907), Nast bought Vogue, then a small New York society magazine, transforming it into America's premier fashion magazine. He then turned Vanity Fair into a sophisticated magazine for all that was stylish. Nast eventually owned a stable of high-class magazines including House & Garden, British and French versions of Vogue, and Glamour (the last magazine added to the group while he was alive). While other publishers simply focused on increasing the number of magazines in circulation, Nast targeted groups of readers by income level or common interest.
Nast had a talent for spotting good editors. Among his staffers were Edna Woolman Chase, his editor at Vogue for decades; Frank Crowninshield, who launched Vanity Fair for Nast, and Dorothy Parker and Robert Benchley, who also toiled for him.
Nearly ruined in the Great Depression, Nast spent his last years struggling to regain his early prosperity. He died in New York City and is interred in the Cemetery of the Gate of Heaven in Hawthorne, New York.
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