Spencer Bailey

Quick Facts

Full Name	Spencer Bailey
Occupation	Editor
Date Of Birth	Aug 18, 1985(1985-08-18)
Age	39
Birthplace	Denver
Country	United States
Birth City	Colorado
Horoscope	Leo

Spencer Bailey Biography

Spencer Bailey is one of the most popular and richest Editor who was born on August 18, 1985 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Spencer Bailey (born August 18 in 1985) is an American editor, writer as well as a journalist. He has written extensively about art, architecture design, culture and technology, among other topics.

From May until August of 2010 Bailey worked for The Daily Beast, and in September of 2010, he was promoted to an assistant director of the magazine at Surface.

For his first assignment for The New York Times Magazine, in October 2011, he spent a night at Zucotti Park and a nearby McDonald’s during the Occupy Wall Street movement. Over the next three years, he interviewed authors, celebrities, politicians, and cultural figures such as Al Sharpton, Tony Hawk, Rodney King, and Cyndi Lauper for a “How To …” column. Bailey’s interview with Rodney King was one of King’s last before his fiancée found him dead at the bottom of a swimming pool.

In June 2013, at age 27, Bailey became editor-in-chief of the magazine. With the July/August 2013 issue—Bailey’s first as editor—Surface unveiled a major design overhaul created with the consultancy Noë & Associates. At Surface, Bailey interviewed hundreds of leading architects, artists, designers, and cultural figures, including David Adjaye, Tadao Ando,, Zaha Hadid, Ian Schrager, and Kanye West, and helped launch the Design Dialogues conversation series. He conducted nearly 40 Design Dialogues talks from 2013 to 2018, including conversations with Michael Kimmelman and Annabelle Selldorf, Stefan Sagmeister and Jeffrey Deitch, and David Rockwell and Marcel Wanders.

From January through the month of May, Bailey worked as an intern at Esquire. From January through May 2010, when he was studying at Columbia where he was a student, he interned for Vanity Fair. In September of 2010 He made his very first magazine article with a profile of Poetry Magazine of the poet Timothy Donnelly.

Spencer Bailey Net Worth

Spencer Bailey is one of the richest Editor from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Spencer Bailey 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

On the 19th of July, 1989, one month before his anniversary, Bailey was able to survive the landing crash of United Airlines Flight 232 in Sioux City, Iowa. Bailey’s brother Brandon was also a survivor of the crash, however the mother of their children, Frances is among the 11 passengers killed. Bailey’s younger brother Trent along with their father Brownell weren’t aboard the plane. Bailey was the focus of a renowned photo taken by Gary Anderson showing Lt. Colonel Dennis Nielsen carrying him to safety. A statue inspired by the photo forms part of the Flight 232 Memorial in Sioux City’s riverfront development. In July, Bailey spoke at length about the crash on the Time Sensitive podcast.

Bailey was a graduate of Pomfret School in Pomfret, Connecticut in 2004. He earned an B.A. in English from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 2008, and an M.S. in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2010.

From 2010 to 2013, Bailey was a frequent contributor to Bloomberg Businessweek, and from 2011 to 2014, The New York Times Magazine.

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In July 2018, Bailey was named a contributing editor at Town & Country, where he covers architecture and design. In October 2018, he joined the book publisher Phaidon as editor-at-large.

Facts & Trivia

Spencer Ranked on the list of most popular Editor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Spencer Bailey celebrates birthday on August 18 of every year.

In May 2019, together with filmmaker, photographer, and creative director Andrew Zuckerman, Bailey co-founded and launched the “conscious entertainment” media company The Slowdown. Focused on culture, nature, and the future, The Slowdown produces a weekly interview podcast, Time Sensitive, which Bailey and Zuckerman respectively co-host.

Top Facts about Spencer Bailey

1. Spencer Bailey is an American writer, editor, and journalist.
2. He was the editor-in-chief of Surface magazine.
3. Bailey has interviewed notable figures such as Ai Weiwei and David Adjaye.
4. He co-authored a book on the history of design in America.
5. Bailey is a graduate of New York University’s journalism program.
6. He has written for publications including The New York Times and Bloomberg Businessweek.
7. Bailey currently hosts a podcast called “The Slowdown.”
8. He has been recognized by Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in media.
9. Bailey is also a public speaker and moderator at events.
10. He advocates for sustainability and social justice issues in his work.