Steven Florio
Steven Florio | |
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Born | Steven T. Florio April 19, 1949 Queens, New York, US |
Died | December 27, 2007 New York, US |
Education | New York University |
Occupation(s) | CEO and President of Conde Nast Publications and The New Yorker, publisher of GQ |
Relatives | Tom Florio (brother) |
Steven T. "Steve" Florio (April 19, 1949 – December 27, 2007) was an American magazine publisher and conglomerateur, was CEO and President of both
GQ
.
Born in
Queens, New York, Florio graduated from New York University
with a business degree in 1972.
In the 1980s he served as publisher of Si Newhouse, and CEO two years later. He stayed as President/CEO until January 2004, but remained on contract as vice chairman for three more years.
Under Florio's tenure, Conde Nast comprised Vogue, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker, in addition to a dozen or so other titles, specializing in demographic niches.
Death
Florio, who had a history of
New York Presbyterian Hospital of complications from an earlier heart attack.[citation needed
]
References
External links
- Obituary in The Times, January 7, 2008
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071231035907/http://www.observer.com/2007/steve-florio-dead
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071231093207/http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/28/news/newsmakers/florio.ap/index.htm
- http://www.adweek.com/aw/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003689909