Who owns Vanity Fair?
Vanity Fair is owned by Advance (the United States).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Advance — about us, Advance Publications, Inc. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Advance Publications, Inc. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, New York, New York
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1913
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Publishing › Newspapers & magazines
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair ran from 1913 to 1936, was closed in the Depression, and was revived by Condé Nast in 1983. Its annual Hollywood issue and its Oscars party are fixtures of the American celebrity calendar. Condé Nast owns both the original and the revival, having bought the title in 1914 and then relaunched it nearly fifty years after closing it.
Ownership timeline of Vanity Fair
Where Vanity Fair sits in Advance
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Advance ownership tree →
See the full Advance brand portfolio (6) →
Other brands owned by Advance
Advance controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
- Condé Nast (1909)
- GQ (1931)
- The New Yorker (1925)
- Vogue (1892)
- WIRED (1993)
Other brands in newspapers & magazines, and who owns them
The 70 brands in newspapers & magazines on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Reach, with 9; Advance has 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| BelfastLive | Reach | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Beobachter | Ringier | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Aftenposten | Schibsted Media | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| Country Life | Future | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Car and Driver | Hearst | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Brisbane Times | Nine | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| ARQ | Grupo Clarín | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Dow Jones | News Corp | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Advance
Advance is a family-owned company headquartered in New York, New York, United States, founded in 1922. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control.
Advance is the Newhouse family's private holding company and one of the least visible large media owners in America. It holds Condé Nast outright and substantial stakes in Reddit and Warner Bros. Discovery, so a family firm that publishes no results owns some of the best-known titles in publishing.
🇺🇸 Vanity Fair and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Vanity Fair is not one of them.
- 20th Century Studios — Disney 🇺🇸
- AMC — AMC Networks 🇺🇸
- AMC Theatres — AMC Theatres 🇺🇸
- AMF — Lucky Strike Entertainment 🇺🇸
- Adventure Island — United Parks 🇺🇸
- Antenna TV — Nexstar 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Vanity Fair?
The parent company of Vanity Fair is Advance, a family-owned company headquartered in the United States.
Is Vanity Fair American?
Yes. Vanity Fair originated in the United States in 1913 and its owner, Advance, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Vanity Fair still owned by Advance?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Vanity Fair is still owned by Advance. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Advance — about us — Advance Publications, Inc., Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
Report a correction Opens a pre-filled GitHub issue. See our corrections policy.