In 2007, John Caplan became Ford Models' chief executive officer. In May 2020 Ford Models Brasil purchased Ford Models from Altpoint amidst uncertainty related to covid-accelerated industry digitalization and the lack of a CEO at Ford Models for a number of months. In January 2011 Altpoint increased its stake in Ford Models to 93%. Altpoint is operated by managing partner Gerald Banks, also known as Guerman Aliev, and owned and funded by Russian oligarch Vladimir Potanin through his holding company Interros. The firm was renamed Altpoint Capital Partners in 2009. The Fords sold a stake of their agency in December 2007 to private equity firm Stone Tower Equity Partners.
In December 2000 Magnum Sports and Entertainment signed a letter of intent to acquire Ford, but the transaction fell through. Their daughter Katie Ford took over in 1995 after working in the agency for 16 years. Today, the contest lives on in the form of the annual V/VMan Ford Model Search run in conjunction with the two Visionaire publications.Įileen and Jerry began the business in their home. In 1980, the company established the Ford Supermodel of the World Contest, which attracted more than 60,000 hopefuls annually from around the world. The agency has represented a diverse list of models and celebrities. Ford, like many of the original agencies of the 1970s, now has to compete with a broad field of contenders, such as Women, IMG and DNA. The company was the pre-eminent New York agency until John Casablancas of Elite Model Management opened up in the city, leading to the "model wars" of the 1980s. The Ford family had the tradition of allowing teenage models who originated far from New York City to stay in their home. Ford was the first company to advance their models' money-owed by jobs that had been completed but not yet paid. Company įord Models was started in 1946 by Eileen and Gerard W. It was established in 1946 by Eileen Ford and her husband Gerard W. For the vehicles, see List of Ford vehicles.įord Models, originally the Ford Modeling Agency, is an American international modeling agency based in New York City.
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