Ben Barry

Biography

"One of 25 leaders of tomorrow" by Maclean's Magazine, 24-year-old Ben Barry is the founder and CEO of the Ben Barry Agency, a model consultancy headquartered in Toronto, Canada. His company scouts and sources models of all ages, sizes, colours, and abilities for fashion and beauty brands, such as L’Oreal, Macy’s, and Dove. Ben is author of the Canadian bestseller Fashioning Reality: A New Generation of Entrepreneurship, which has been hailed by Profit Magazine as "a manifesto for young entrepreneurs and a call to arms to everyone," and a business columnist for the Globe and Mail. Ben has been featured on Oprah, Fashion Television, MTV, CBC Sunday, Canada AM, and CNN, among others. He is the recipient of the CIBC National Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award. He holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College at the University of Toronto where he studied on a four-year National Millennium Scholarship, and a Master’s in Innovation and Strategy from Judge Business School at