The A-List: 2008

Job

Publishing director, Vogue

Company

Conde Nast

Work Telephone

02071523030.

Address

Vogue House, Hanover Square, London, W1S 1JU

Fantasy business partner

I don't do fantasy. .

How do you off-set your carbon footprint?

By driving a Citroen C3.

Greatest influence

The greatest influence is to work for Conde Nast, which stands for producing top-quality magazines, the ones the fashion community admire and respect.

Clubs

George, The Groucho.

Favourite gadget

I simply hate gadgets.

Desert island objects

The complete works of Thomas Hardy, Bob Dylan's complete DVDs, Sony radio/DVD player.

Most-admired politician

Tony Blair. He is clever, articulate, passionate, makes politics exciting.

Favourite media

The Times, The Spectator, BBC news 24, Radio 4 .

Biggest risk taken

Leaving IPC Media in April 1972 in order to help launch Over 21 at the same time Cosmopolitan was launched. We were desperately under-funded, and Cosmo was well provisioned by NatMags. Really tough, but great fun.

Perfect day

When my business team close an issue on budget or even slightly above it.

Who should play you in the film of your life?

Ralph Fiennes .

Career highlights

Launched GQ in 1988. Became publisher of Vogue in 1992.

Fictional hero

Jude, the stonemason from the Thomas Hardy novel Jude the Obscure.

Hidden talent

Reading newspapers while looking after my five- and three-year-old boys.

Best job outside advertising

Summer holiday work for the local farmer in Ireland. Good food and poor wages.

Lowdown

Quinn remains one of publishing's real gentlemen. His experience and popularity continue to do the business at Vogue, still one of publishing's most successful titles.

Most expensive purchase

A Hermes Birkin handbag, which cost £2,600 from Harrods in 2000.

Why are you good at what you do?

I understand magazines as a powerful ad medium and know how to project their role and influence.