Anna Wintour
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
The event pays for itself through the content it creates.
Watch how the flywheel spins.
Anna's Vogue coverage can make a designer's career.
So when she calls, everyone says yes.
Their presence makes the event matter.
The coverage reinforces Vogue's authority.
That authority attracts next year's guests.
Each turn makes the wheel spin faster.
The $12 million for the Met is impressive, but it's a distraction from the real genius.
Anna made herself essential to three industries at once.
Fashion needs her platform.
Museums need her funding.
Entertainment needs her validation.
If magazines vanished tomorrow, Anna would still control the room where culture gets decided.
She didn't just build a better magazine.
She built better infrastructure.
In 2020, the fashion industry was devastated by the pandemic.
Condé Nast was bleeding money.
Critics were circling Anna like vultures.
Everyone predicted her fall.