Dame Anna Wintour has held the position of Editor-in-Chief of Vogue since July 1988, and was named Artistic Director of Condé Nast in March 2013. In addition to editing Vogue, Ms. Wintour executed the development and successful launch of Teen Vogue in 2001, and serves as Editorial Director for the title.

During her tenure at Vogue Ms. Wintour has been actively involved in philanthropic fundraising, particularly for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, for which she has raised more than $150 million. She has been the recipient of numerous awards for her leadership and charitable efforts, including the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Award of Courage for AIDS Research from the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amFAR).

In 2017, for her service to British journalism and fashion, Ms. Wintour was named Dame Commander (DBE) of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II; Ms. Wintour was previously appointed to the Order of the British Empire in 2008. In October 2009, President Obama appointed Ms. Wintour to the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. In addition, in 2011 she was awarded the Legion d’Honneur by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.  Ms. Wintour also serves as an Elective Trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Susan Plagemann is the chief business officer of Vogue and is responsible for all Vogue revenue streams including print, digital, social and brand extensions.

Plagemann previously served as chief revenue officer and publisher of Vogue since January 2010 and her outstanding track record in building media brands has been pivotal to the development of Vogue. As a result, she took the helm of Teen Vogue which became part of The Vogue Group from 2015-2016.

Under Plagemann’s leadership, Vogue has received numerous industry accolades including ASME’s 2015 Magazine of the Year Award and 2013 General Excellence Award. Plagemann was recognized with Condé Nast’s General Record Profit Award in 2014 and the previous year, she received Condé Nast’s first-ever Three-Year Plan Award for building record levels of profitability and growth from 2010 to 2012. In 2012 Plagemann was named along with Vogue’s editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour, as #9 on Adweek’s Top 50, and she won both Condé Nast’s Publisher of the Year and the Outstanding Business Performance Award in 2011.

From 2004 to 2009, Plagemann was vice president and publisher of Marie Claire, where she helped to reestablish the brand. She held the same role at Lifetime magazine from 2003 to 2004 and was publisher of Cosmopolitan from 1999 to 2003. She was the advertising manager of Esquire in 1995 and was subsequently named associate publisher, advertising. Plagemann began her career at Mademoiselle, where she held a variety of positions.