Tom Ford

Tom Ford is a fashion designer and filmmaker who worked as Gucci's Creative Director from 1994 until 2004. In 2004, he launched his own fashion brand called Tom Ford. Tom Ford changed his major from architecture to fashion while attending the Parsons School of Design in Paris. In 1990, he was named Gucci's Womenswear Designer. And four years later, he was named Creative Director. Gucci's annual revenues increased to $3 billion under Ford's leadership. Ford has created his own fashion label and directed many films after quitting Gucci in 2005.

Ford's family relocated to New Mexico, where he attended the prestigious Santa Fe Preparatory School for high school. He graduated at the age of 17 and went on to New York University to study art history in 1979. While at NYU, Ford is a regular at the legendary Studio 54 nightclub, and his grades suffered as a result. Ford dropped out of NYU after only a year and relocated to Los Angeles, where he worked as a commercial actor. He returned to New York a few years later to study architecture at the Parsons School of Design. Ford then moved to Parsons' Paris campus to finish his last year of architecture education before opting to pursue a career in fashion.

Nationality: American
Born: August 27, 1961
Career: Chairman of Tom Ford