14-1201: Gilkes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alexander Gilkes (born 1979), British businessman Arthur Herman Gilkes (1849–1922), English educationalist, author, and clergyman, father of Christopher H. Cheryl Townsend Gilkes (born 1947), American sociologist and womanist scholar Christopher H. Gilkes (1898–1953), English educationalist, son of Arthur Herman Gilbert Gilkes (1845-1924), English engineer James Gilkes (born 1952), Guyanese sprinter Marshall Gilkes (born 1978), American trombonist Michael Gilkes (footballer) (born 1965), English footballer Michael Gilkes (writer) (1933–2020), Guyanese critic and dramatist See also [ edit ] Ebe Gilkes Quartet Gilkes Wilson and Company , British locomotive engineering firm based in Middlesbrough (1843-1880) Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon , British hydropower engineering firm based in Kendal, established 1853 Gilks [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
28-681: A dermatologist, and was born and raised in London. He was educated at Eton College and at the University of Bristol . Gilkes has been based in New York since 2008. He served as an auctioneer at Phillips de Pury & Company and worked at LVMH . Gilkes presided as an auctioneer for auctions including Madonna's Raising Malawi , Elton John AIDS Foundation , and amFAR . In 2011, he founded Paddle8, an online auction website selling fine art, photography, street art and collectibles. In 2013,
42-434: A senior writer and former management editor with BusinessWeek , was brought in as the new editor. Under Byrne, the magazine won its first Gerald Loeb Award , the most prestigious honor in business journalism. But the magazine could not reverse its financial decline in the wake of the dot-com bust. Although the magazine was not specifically about Internet commerce, advertising pages continued to drop until they were one-third
56-419: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alexander Gilkes Alexander Mark Heming Gilkes (born July 1979) is a British businessman. He is the co-founder of venture studio Squared Circles, which launched in 2020. He was previously the co-founder and president of online auction house Paddle8 from 2011 to 2018, when it was sold to The Native. Gilkes is the son of Jeremy Gilkes,
70-409: The surname Gilkes . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gilkes&oldid=1020012440 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
84-628: The 100 Most Powerful People in the Art World ( Art + Auction ) in 2014, 2015 and 2016, a Digital Maverick ( DETAILS ), one of the 40 Most Important People Under 40 ( Apollo ) and appeared on Vanity Fair and GQ's best-dressed lists. He serves on the board of the New York Academy of Art . Gilkes married British-Bahraini fashion designer Misha Nonoo in Venice, Italy in May 2012 and
98-494: The 2000 numbers. In 2005, Gruner + Jahr put the magazine, as well as Inc. magazine, up for sale. Byrne contacted entrepreneur Joe Mansueto and helped guide him through the sale. A bidding war ultimately ensued, pitting The Economist against Mansueto's company Mansueto Ventures. Mansueto, the only bidder who promised to keep Fast Company alive, ultimately won the contest, buying both magazine titles for $ 35 million. Under former editor-in-chief Robert Safian, Fast Company
112-749: The Best Of Science/Business/Technology category, and for the redesign of the magazine, which launched with the Eva Longoria issue. Launched in 1995, FastCompany.com covers leadership and innovation in business, environmental and social issues, entertainment and marketing, and, through its Co.Design site, the intersection of business and design, from architecture to electronics, consumer products to fashion. Fast Company also previously operated sites called Co.Labs, Co.Exist, and Co.Create. Co.Exist and Co.Create were rebranded as Ideas and Entertainment sections in 2017. Co.Labs
126-505: The Company of Friends had over 40,000 members in 120 cities, although by 2003 that number had declined to 8,000. In 2000, Zuckerman sold Fast Company to Gruner + Jahr , majority owned by media giant Bertelsmann , for $ 550 million. Just as the sale was completed, the dot-com bubble burst, leading to significant losses and a decline in circulation. Webber and Taylor left the magazine two years later in 2002, and John A. Byrne, previously
140-408: The company did $ US20 million in sales. By 2015, the company reported "$ US140 million" in sales. Paddle8 was sold in 2015 to The Native. Gilkes stepped down from his role at Paddle8 in 2018. In 2020, Gilkes co-founded venture studio Squared Circles along with Lukas Derksen and Paddle8 co-founder Osman Khan. Gilkes "has been named" as one of Fast Company's Most Creative Entrepreneurs in 2017,
154-570: The pair lived in New York City. Their divorce was finalized in the summer of 2017. Since 2018, Gilkes has been in a relationship with Russian former tennis player Maria Sharapova . They announced their engagement on 17 December 2020. Their son was born on 1 July 2022. Fast Company (magazine) Fast Company is a monthly American business magazine published in print and online that focuses on technology, business, and design. It publishes six print issues per year. Fast Company
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#1732780259032168-555: Was compromised and access to the site was used to send push notifications that the company identified as "obscene and racist." The site was taken offline for eight days as a result. In 2024 the company won The Society Of Publication Designers (SPD) silver medal for its “World Changing Ideas” and six gold medals for its projects, including “Selena Gomez and the Meteoric Rise of Rare Beauty”, “YouTube’s Game Day”, “Brands That Matter”, “The Recommender Gift Guide”. It also won gold in
182-472: Was launched in November 1995 by Alan Webber and Bill Taylor , two former Harvard Business Review editors, and publisher Mortimer Zuckerman . The publication's early competitors included Red Herring , Business 2.0 and The Industry Standard . In 1997, Fast Company created an online social network, the "Company of Friends" which spawned a number of groups that began meeting. At one point
196-716: Was named by the American Society of Magazine Editors as the magazine of the year in 2014. Stephanie Mehta was named editor-in-chief in February 2018, having previously worked at Vanity Fair , Bloomberg , Fortune , and The Wall Street Journal . Fast Company is owned by Mansueto Ventures and is headquartered in Manhattan . In September 2022 the Fast Company website, fastcompany.com, fell victim to an attack and racist messages were sent. The site
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