Tyler Brûlé criss-crosses the globe weekly, logging up more air miles than some pilots. His home may be a first class lounge, but it's his pen that has earned him a global following as an arbiter of modern living.
As the editor of Monocle - a magazine he launched in 2007 which he described as "a briefing on global affairs, business, culture and design" - Brûlé is a brand in his own right. Legions of urban sophisticates around the world follow him, the magazine neatly tucked under their arms as they race through airports accessorised with Valextra briefcases.
Brûlé's Financial Times column, The Fast Lane - a witty, sometimes acerbic observation on travel, international design trends and high-end consumer goods - has made him the jetset poster child of a Prada-wearing, global nomad generation.
Brûlé started his career on the field. In March 1994, he was shot twice by a sniper in an ambush in Kabul while covering the Afghanistan war for German news magazine Focus.
