Cond Montrose Nast, born March 26, 1873 in New York City, United States, died there on September 19, 1942, was the founder of Cond Nast Publications, a major American magazine publisher.

After working for Collier's Weekly (1898–1907) he 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, and eventually owned a stable of high-class magazines including House and Garden, British and French Vogue, and Glamour. Nearly ruined in the Depression, he spent his last years struggling to regain his early prosperity. While other publishers simply focused on increasing the number of magazines in circulation, Nast targeted groups of readers by income level or common interest.

Some of Cond Nast's more well-known publications are Architectural Digest, Gourmet, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and Wired.

He is interred in the Cemetery of the Gate of Heaven in Hawthorne, New York.

External links

• Corporate Homepage (http://www.condenast.com)