Inducted in 2025
Condé was an American publisher, entrepreneur and business magnate. He founded Condé Nast, a mass media company, and published titles such as Vanity Fair and Vogue. Nast eventually owned a stable of magazines that also included Glamour (the last magazine added to the group while he was alive). His mother was from the prominent St. Louis Benoist family, and he spent most of his youth in St. Louis. He started his career working for a small printing plant owned by his mother’s family. He attended Washington University School of Law. While other publishers simply focused on increasing the number of magazines in circulation, Nast targeted groups of readers by income level or common interest. Among his staff were legendary American writers Dorothy Parker and Robert Benchley.
