He’s keen to talk synergy and share success stories of working with WME agents to land off-catwalk opportunities for his models (and vice versa for agency talent like Gal Gadot and Chrissy Teigen), but Bart is most effusive when it comes to opening up about passionate efforts to diversify the ranks and make space for everyone in an industry that can be cruel to outsiders. Bart joined IMG Models in 1994 as a creative director, rising through the ranks to president amid ever-changing beauty ideals and an acquisition by WME in 2014 for more than $2 billion. It’s a skill that helps Bart navigate multiple time zones overseeing more than 200 staffers, a network of IMG Models offices (New York, L.A., Paris, Sydney, London and Milan) and a roster that includes the most famous faces in fashion (Gisele Bündchen, Gigi and Bella Hadid, Karlie Kloss, Joan Smalls, Hailey Bieber and Alek Wek). His assistant even nicknamed him “Ninja” for an ability to pop up anywhere, unannounced, then hit up a conference room before disappearing to click send on global messaging to the entire company from a lunch place down the block. Ivan Bart has an office at IMG Models’ New York headquarters on Park Avenue South but he prefers to roam.
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