Steven T. "Steve" Florio (April 19, 1949 – December 27, 2007) was an American magazine publisher and conglomerateur, was CEO and President of both

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and ''

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'', as well as publisher of '' GQ''. Born in

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, Florio graduated from

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with a business degree in 1972. In the 1980s he served as publisher of '' GQ''; later he went to work at ''

''. He was named as President of Conde Nast in 1994 by owner

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, and CEO two years later. He stayed as President/CEO until January 2004, but remained on contract as vice chairman for three more years. Under Florio's tenure, Conde Nast comprised ''

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'', '' Vanity Fair'', and ''

'', in addition to a dozen or so other titles, specializing in demographic niches.

Death

Florio, who had a history of

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, died Thursday, December 27, 2007, aged 58, at

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of complications from an earlier heart attack.

References

External links

Obituary in ''The Times'', January 7, 2008
* https://web.archive.org/web/20071231035907/http://www.observer.com/2007/steve-florio-dead * https://web.archive.org/web/20071231093207/http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/28/news/newsmakers/florio.ap/index.htm * http://www.adweek.com/aw/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003689909 {{DEFAULTSORT:Florio, Steven 1949 births 2007 deaths American publishers (people) American publishing chief executives American people of Italian descent New York University Stern School of Business alumni Businesspeople from Queens, New York Businesspeople from Manhattan