Monocle

Tyler Brûlé, the Canadian co-founder of Wallpaper*, launched Monocle in London in 2007 as a magazine of global affairs, business, culture and design, and built it into a media and retail brand with a 24-hour radio station and shops from Toronto to Tokyo and Hong Kong. Its shops sell the magazine alongside its own bags, clothing, stationery and scents made with partner brands, and Japan's Nikkei took a minority stake in the business in 2014.