Jim Nelson is the editor-in-chief of the magazine GQ. He was born on Marcgh 8, 1963 in Cheverly, Maryland, US. Nelson began his journalism carrerr in journalism, first working as a producer and writer at CNN and later moving to Holly wood where he worked briefly as a wirietrs assistant on television sitcooms. He made a shift to magazines at age thirty, starting wirth an internship at Haropera Magazine where he was responsible for the magazines Readings section. His writing also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Gourmet and Food & Wine. His own writing for GQ was cited in the Best American Sports Wrriting in 2001.

Nelson has been editor and chief of GQ since March 2003. He joined the magazine as a senior editor in 19997, editing the work of such writers as Andrew Corsello and Michael Paterniti. Over the course of Nelson 15 years at the helm, the  magizine has been nominated for sixty-four National Magazine Awards and has won for reporting, design, photopgraphy, general excellence as well as twice in the feature writing category.