Adam Sandow

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Adam Sandow
Alma materUniversity of Miami
Years active1994 - Present
OrganizationSandow Media
Websitesandow.com

Adam I. Sandow is the chairman and founder of the company (stylized SANDOW) with brands in the beauty, design, fashion and luxury categories. Sandow founded his namesake business in 2003.[1]

Early life and education[]

Sandow grew up in Miami, Florida. He attended the University of Miami.[2]

Career[]

In 1994, Sandow started a publishing business and launched a national consumer magazine, Honeymoon.[3] 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.[4][5][6] Sandow launched his company’s second magazine, Luxe Interiors + Design, in June.[7] 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,[8] 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.[9][10] 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 consultancy Material ConneXion and its sister business, creative management agency Culture + Commerce. In 2012, Sandow bought Los Angeles retail brand Fred Segal.[2] The next year, Sandow’s company was named one of Florida Trend magazine’s Top 200 Largest Private Companies in Florida.[11] The same year, Adam Sandow was inducted into The Florida Magazine Association’s Hall of Fame in recognition of his career achievements, influence within publishing and history of giving back to the industry via participation in industry associations or other voluntary and cooperative forms of service.[12]

SANDOW sold Furniture Today in 2013[13] to FT Media Holdings, Inc.

In May 2014, Sandow brought in equity partner, Evolution Media Partners (Evolution),[14] to expand Fred Segal into a global lifestyle brand.[15] Sandow was the featured keynote speaker at the annual Florida Magazine Conference 2014.

Sandow introduced BeautyDNA,[16] an online beauty product matching service, in summer 2014. As of 2017, Sandow has offices in New York City and South Florida.[17]

References[]

  1. ^ "Who We Are - SANDOW". SANDOW | Brands Powered by Innovation. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  2. ^ a b "Publisher builds multimillion-dollar creative empire in Boca Raton". Marcia Heroux Pounds, Sun Sentinel, May 15, 2015.
  3. ^ "It's Not Just A Magazine, It's A Travel Adventure". tribunedigital-sunsentinel.
  4. ^ Brandweek. Adweek L.P. January 2007. p. 96.
  5. ^ "For Those Who Want a Little Work Done, or Just to Read About It". New York Times, By MARK GLASSMANJAN. 31, 2005
  6. ^ "These companies pile on the perks". St. Petersburg Times, Dec 17, 2007.
  7. ^ "Jeeves, bring me my copy of Luxe". Denver Business Journal.
  8. ^ Alina Dizik (14 December 2011). "For Beauty Junkies Who Just Want to Dabble". WSJ.
  9. ^ Marissa Miley. (15 April 2009). "Worth Relaunches as Even More Exclusive Title for Ultra-Rich". adage.com.
  10. ^ "Worth magazine's new owner rights ship by charging wealth managers for write-ups". Riabiz, November 15, 2009 by Brooke Southall
  11. ^ "SANDOW Named One of Florida's Largest 200 Private Companies". SANDOW | Brands Powered by Innovation. 2013-07-16. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  12. ^ "Hall of Fame – Florida Magazine Association". Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  13. ^ "SANDOW Sells Furniture Today Group". Folio:.
  14. ^ "Fred Segal’s New Deal". WWD, May 3, 2012 By Lisa Lockwood
  15. ^ "Fred Segal to bring California cool to new lifestyle centers". Upstart, June 4, 2014
  16. ^ Julie Naughton. "Adam Sandow Creates Beauty’s New Matchmaker". WWD.
  17. ^ "Sandow's N.Y. Office Packs Style Into Every Corner". Ad Week, April 14, 2015 By Carrie Cummings
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