Adam Sandow

Adam Sandow
Residence New York City
Alma mater University of Miami
Years active 1994 - Present
Organization SANDOW Media
Website sandow.com

Adam I. Sandow is the chairman and founder of SANDOW, a media company with brands in the beauty, design, fashion and luxury categories. Sandow founded his namesake business in 2001.

Early life and education

Sandow grew up in Miami, Florida. He attended the University of Miami.[1]

Career

In 1994, Sandow started a publishing business and launched a national consumer magazine, Honeymoon.[2] He sold this business in 1999. Later he joined and served as principal of the Internet start-up and wedding media company The Knot (now XO Group). The Knot had an IPO in 2000. He left The Knot in 2000 and founded SANDOW Media the next year.

In 2005, he founded NewBeauty, a consumer magazine which publishes articles about beauty, ranging from products to cosmetic procedures.[3][4][5] Sandow launched his company’s second magazine, Luxe Interiors + Design, in June.[6] Introduced as a regional high-end shelter magazine in Colorado, Luxe has since expanded to 14 regional editions around the United States. The launch of Luxe was followed by TestTube,[7] a beauty product sampling program, in 2006.

Much of the company’s growth has come through acquisitions. In 2008, SANDOW acquired finance magazine Worth from CurtCo Media.[8][9] Two years later, the company added design industry trade magazine Interior Design and the Furniture Today Group, purchased from Reed Business Information. In 2011, acquisitions included global materials library Material ConneXion and its sister business, creative management agency Culture + Commerce. In 2012, Sandow bought Los Angeles retail brand Fred Segal.[1] The next year, Sandow’s company was named one of Florida Trend magazine’s Top 200 Largest Private Companies in Florida.

SANDOW sold Furniture Today in 2013[10] to FT Media Holdings, Inc.

In May 2014, Sandow brought in equity partner, Evolution Media Partners (Evolution),[11] to expand Fred Segal into a global lifestyle brand.[12] Sandow was the featured keynote speaker at the annual Florida Magazine Conference 2014.

Sandow introduced BeautyDNA,[13] an online beauty product matching service, in summer 2014. As of 2015, Sandow has offices in New York City.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 "Publisher builds multimillion-dollar creative empire in Boca Raton". Marcia Heroux Pounds, Sun Sentinel, May 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ "It's Not Just A Magazine, It's A Travel Adventure". tribunedigital-sunsentinel.
  3. ↑ Brandweek. Adweek L.P. January 2007. p. 96.
  4. ↑ "For Those Who Want a Little Work Done, or Just to Read About It". New York Times, By MARK GLASSMANJAN. 31, 2005
  5. ↑ "These companies pile on the perks". St. Petersburg Times, Dec 17, 2007.
  6. ↑ "Jeeves, bring me my copy of Luxe". Denver Business Journal.
  7. ↑ Alina Dizik (14 December 2011). "For Beauty Junkies Who Just Want to Dabble". WSJ.
  8. ↑ Marissa Miley. (15 April 2009). "Worth Relaunches as Even More Exclusive Title for Ultra-Rich". adage.com.
  9. ↑ "Worth magazine's new owner rights ship by charging wealth managers for write-ups". Riabiz, November 15, 2009 by Brooke Southall
  10. ↑ "SANDOW Sells Furniture Today Group". Folio:.
  11. ↑ "Fred Segal’s New Deal". WWD, May 3, 2012 By Lisa Lockwood
  12. ↑ "Fred Segal to bring California cool to new lifestyle centers". Upstart, June 4, 2014
  13. ↑ Julie Naughton. "Adam Sandow Creates Beauty’s New Matchmaker". WWD.
  14. ↑ "Sandow's N.Y. Office Packs Style Into Every Corner". Ad Week, April 14, 2015 By Carrie Cummings
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