Who

Fiori is the editor in chief of Town & Country, the magazine known for showcasing exceedingly expensive tastes in fashion, travel, and design.

Backstory

The daughter of Italian-American immigrants, New Jersey native Fiori started her career as a teacher. That she ended up the editor of a travel magazine is somewhat ironic: Fiori says that she didn't get on a plane until she was in her 20s and was only exposed to the "good life" when she took a cruise to Europe a few years later. Nevertheless, in 1971 she became an associate editor at Travel + Leisure; she went on to spend 14 years as editor-in-chief before becoming editorial director at American Express, where she had oversight of T+L as well as Departures and Food & Wine. In 1993 she left Amex for Hearst and took over the venerated Town & Country, the oldest general interest magazine in the U.S .

Of note

The bible of blue bloods for three generations, Town & Country still exists in a somewhat alternate universe, one where it's perfectly normal to have a country estate and a staff of domestics. Fiori has carried on the tradition of disdaining pop culture—"I can tell you now that Town & Country has never run a picture of Paris Hilton, nor would we," she once said—but she's also attempted to modernize the magazine. In 2003, she launched a spin-off called Town & Country Travel, and these days the occasional African-American pops up in the magazine. While contributing editors (such as heiress Anne Hearst), tend to reflect Town & Country's core demo, in recent years Fiori has introduced different voices like politico Jonathan Alter and foodie Anthony Bourdain.

Board game

Fiori is on the board of directors of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. She's a former trustee of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Personal

Fiori is married to Colton Givner, an advertising executive. In addition to an East 57th Street apartment, they have homes in East Hampton and Palm Beach.

No joke

Fiori says she sticks to a meticulously planned diet. She doesn't eat junk food or fried food, and doesn't let up on her diet when she's abroad, either: She says she insists that there is a scale in the bathroom whenever she travels.