Mr. Rachid Mohamed Rachid joined #BOF500

Embargoed until Friday 30th September 2022, 2pm BST / 3pm CEST / 9am EDT THE BUSINESS OF FASHION UNVEILS THE BoF 500 CLASS OF 2022 THE PEOPLE SHAPING THE GLOBAL FASHION INDUSTRY

● The Business of Fashion has added 103 new members to The BoF 500 global community based on key factors including leadership, creativity, innovation, and impact.

● New entrants include Dua Lipa, Harry Styles, Kim Kardashian, Chanel CEO Leena Nair, Bottega Veneta creative director Matthieu Blazy, photographer Campbell Addy, and the most followed TikToker Khaby Lame.

● The BoF 500 class of 2022 represents 43 nationalities, based in 31 countries around the world. Explore the full BoF 500 Class of 2022: https://www.businessoffashion.com/community/bof500/2022 PARIS, 30 SEPTEMBER 2022 — Today, The Business of Fashion unveils The BoF 500 Class of 2022, the people shaping the global fashion industry of today and tomorrow, presented by Snapchat. After months of extensive research, poring through hundreds of nominations from existing BoF 500 members and leveraging on-the-ground intelligence from around the world, our editors have selected 103 exciting new members to add to the community based on their leadership, creativity, innovation and impact. Imran Amed, Founder and CEO of The Business of Fashion, said: “We set out to understand who is shaping the global fashion industry amid a once-in-a-century pandemic, massive technological and social disruption and fashion’s growing influence on popular culture.” The 103 members in the BoF 500 Class of 2022 hold 43 nationalities and are based in 31 countries:

● 23 DESIGNERS: Matthieu Blazy (Belgium/France), Harris Reed (UK/USA), Christopher John Rogers (USA), Adebayo Oke-Lawal (Nigeria), Anna October (Ukraine), Casey Cadwallader (USA/France), Shushu Tong (China) and more.

● 19 MODELS AND MUSES: Musicians Harry Styles (UK), Dua Lipa (UK) and Blackpink (Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand), Content creators Khaby Lame (Senegal/Italy) Emma Chamberlain (USA), Actors Aseel Omran (Saudi Arabia), Timothée Chalamet (USA) and models Sora Choi (Korea), He Cong (China), Precious Lee (USA) and more.

●18 CATALYSTS: Founder of the Fifteen Percent Pledge, Aurora James (USA), Managing Director of Chanakya International, Karishma Swali (India), Chief Executive of MycoWorks Matthew L. Scullin (USA), and Founder of Jira Models, Perina Drummond (Australia) and more.

● 15 CREATIVE CLASS: Photographers Rafael Pavarotti (Brazil/UK), Campbell Addy (UK), Zhong Lin (Malaysia/UK) and Elizaveta Porodina (Germany), Music Director Benji B (UK), Fashion Stylist Gabriella Karefa-Johnson (USA) and more.

● 11 ENTREPRENEURS: SKIMS founder Kim Kardashian (USA), Founder & Chief Executive of Anta Sports Ding Shizhong (China) and the founders of On Running, David Alleman, Olivier Bernhard, Caspar Coppetti & Roger Federer (Switzerland) and more.

● 8 EXECUTIVES: Global CEO of Chanel Leena Nair (UK/India), Chief Executive of Condé Nast Roger Lynch (USA) and Chief Executive of Mayhoola for Investments Rachid Mohamed Rachid (Egypt/Italy) and more.

● 5 MEDIA: Editor-in-Chief of Harper’s Bazaar Samira Nasr (Canada/USA), Senior Vice President/International Director of ELLE Valéria Bessolo Llopiz (France), and APAC Editorial Director of Vogue Leslie Sun (United States) and more.

● 4 RETAILERS: Chief Executive of Mytheresa Michael Kliger (Germany), Chief Executive of Hyundai Department Store Kim Hyung-jong and more. On Saturday 1 October, The Business of Fashion will be bringing together the global BoF 500 community at the Shangri-La Hotel in Paris at a gala party to celebrate the new members. Explore the 103 new members of The BoF 500 at www.businessoffashion.com/community/bof500/2022 The BoF 500 is presented by Snapchat and supported by Arezzo & Co, Shangri-La Paris and OBO.