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Charles Stewart and the art of getting people through the door
A former banker now runs Sotheby’s. His most revealing challenge is persuading people that an auction house is somewhere they can simply walk into.
Philippe Benacin and the art of borrowing a name
A student assignment led Philippe Benacin into perfume. Four decades later, the Interparfums co-founder is turning a Paris address into a fragrance house of its own.
Imran Amed took the password off. Fashion started reading.
A failed designer incubator left Imran Amed with a blog and a habit of asking questions. From a London sofa, he began building The Business of Fashion - and a different place for himself in the industry.
Jean Madar leaves room for the next scent
He arrives at work without fragrance, ready to try the next one. After four decades with Interparfums, Jean Madar still makes a business of giving other people’s names a new identity in a bottle.
Jill Beraud
Jill Beraud is an American consumer brand executive who has spent more than three decades building and running some of the best-known names in retail, beauty, luxury and beverages. She began in brand management at Procter & Gamble, ran her own New York advertising agency, then spent 13 years at Limited Brands, where as Chief Marketing Officer of Victoria's Secret she helped grow the label into a multi-billion-dollar business and also led marketing across Bath & Body Works, Express, Henri Bendel, C.O. Bigelow and Limited Stores. In December 2008 PepsiCo created the role of worldwide Chief Marketing Officer for her, reporting to Indra Nooyi; there she pushed the company away from Super Bowl spending and into the $20 million Pepsi Refresh Project, and later ran the Starbucks and Lipton joint ventures. She went on to serve as CEO of Living Proof, EVP of Global Retail Operations at Tiffany & Co., and CEO of the luxury jewelry house IPPOLITA, before co-founding the plant-based functional beverage company Sh'nnong. Fast Company named her one of its 100 Most Creative People in Business in 2013. She has sat on the board of Levi Strauss & Co. since 2013, was re-elected in April 2026, chairs the Fashion for Good board, and has served on the World of Children Board of Governors since 2009.