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Tom Fords Introduction
Thomas Carlyle Ford or professionally known as Tom Ford is the owner of the brand eponymous and one of the wealthiest fashion designers in America.
Tom Ford is the creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent and is the chairperson of the Council Of Fashion Designers of America.
He is known to be one of the very strategic and sharp minds in the fashion and film industry.
Tom Fords Net Worth & Salary
Tom Fords Net worth is $500 million.
He has accumulated his unbelievable wealth through his designs, respectful positions as the creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent (YSL), and as the chairperson of the Board of the council of fashion designers in America.
Ford has particularly gained his wealth from the fashion industry, his brand named eponymous, and his own label, ‘Tom Ford’.
Tom Ford’s salary is around $10 million per year and it keeps increasing
Tom Fords Age, Early Life & Biography
Tom Ford is 61 years old.
Tom Ford was born on August 27, 1961, in Texas to Shirley Burton and Thomas David Ford, both of his parents were real estate agents, and Ford also has a sister, Jennifer Ford.
Ford used to live in the suburbs of Houston, Texas, and later grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Ford was a high school dropout at the age of 16, he graduated from Santa Fe preparatory school and later moved to the heart of New York City to study Arts & History at New York University (NYU), he also studied interior
architecture at Parsons The New School for Design in New York.
Ford as a kid and teenager grew up with a lot of insecurities and bullying due to his dislike of soccer, basketball, and all other things and sports mainly boys used to play at that time, this eventually stayed with him until now as he says and his home was at that time was his relief shelter after being heavily tortured and bullied at school.
Name: | Thomas Carlyle Ford |
Gender: | Male |
Age: | 61 |
Birth Date: | August 27 |
Birth Place: | Austin, Texas |
Nationality: | American |
Height: | 1.82 meters |
Sexual Orientation: | Gay |
Marital Status: | Unmarried |
Wife/Spouse (Name): | NA |
Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): | Alexander Tom Buckley Ford |
Dating/Girlfriend (Name): | Richard Buckley (2014-2021) |
Profession: | American Fashion Designer |
Yearly Income: | $10 million |
Net Worth in 2022 | $500 million |
Content Last Updated: | December 2022 |
Tom Fords Personal Life
Tom Ford was married to Richard Buckley in 2014, he was Vogue’s chief editor, this couple has a 10-year-old son named Alexander Tom Buckley Ford, sadly Richard Buckley passed away in 2021 due to cancer.
This rich businessman and fashion designer own and lives his luxurious lifestyle in Italy with his family since 1990.
Tom ford before marrying Richard Buckley dated a writer and illustrator Ian Falconer and now they are really good friends.
Ford is a vegan and has a very simple lifestyle through being a fashion designer he always dresses in simple suits and sometimes when he is out in Texas he loves to put on his cowboy shirts, hat, and long boots.
Ford is the most loved person even outside the fashion industry, singer Jay-z has even written a song for him to which till date is a flex for Ford.
Speaking of tom ford’s personal life, he keeps quite a little secret about what is going on to stay away from unnecessary pieces of news and opinion, and thus not much is known about his current lifestyle.
Tom Fords Career
Although Ford studied architecture, he still got into the fashion industry as it impressed him the most, at first he used to work in a store as a low-level public relations officer.
His first proper job was at American designer Cathy Hardwick’s company, due to his sharp mind and unhinged observation even though Cathy didn’t want Ford to get into her company she got him anyway due to his unmatchable skills, he worked here for two years.
Ford entered the Italian brand Gucci in 1988 and is known to save this now-known luxurious brand from drowning, soon after Ford entered Gucci, the sales went unbelievably high due to his designs and in six months he was designing male-wearing accessories.
Ford took over as Design Director in 1992 and released Gucci’s perfume, purses, and ranged more even for men to use it, in 1994, he was promoted again to Gucci’s creative director, as Ford’s position and reputation grew he began introducing more new ways of styling, clothing, and accessories that were ruling the fashion industry and making him the king in fashion.
His exquisite knowledge of fashion and his customers made him introduce his own brand ‘TOM FORD’ after temporarily parting ways with Gucci.
He has dressed First Lady Michelle Obama for an event in Buckingham Palace, he has also dressed stars like Johnny Depp, Will Smith, Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, etc.
Tom Ford is also a movie director and has directed ‘A single Man’ where he also appeared and ‘Nocturnal Animals’.
Tom Fords Awards & Achievements
Tom Ford has won numerous awards from the Council of Fashion Designers American.
Ford is also the largest shareholder in Gucci since his position as creative director.
Tom Ford Major Investments and Assets
No major investments are done nor any assets are owned by Tom Ford.
Tom Fords Must Watch Latest Video and Trending Photographs
Tom Ford shares his idea on fashion and individual clothing on CNBC International –
Who is the Tom Ford Customer? | CNBC Conversations – YouTube
Watch this legendary picture of Tom Ford with his late husband Richard Buckley –
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Watch out Tom ford’s golden rules on men grooming –
Mr Tom Ford’s Three Rules Of Grooming | MR PORTER – YouTube
Ford talks about him managing time as a doing 5 types of work in a day, Texas, his ethnicity and more –
Tom Fords Instagram Handle
TOM FORD (@tomford) • Instagram photos and videos