The A-List: 2008

Born

18th January 1960

Job

Editorof GQ and editor-in-chief of GQ Style

Company

Conde Nast

Work Telephone

+44 (0)20 7499 9080.

Address

Vogue House, Hanover Square, London, W1S 1JU

Fantasy business partner

Philip Green.

How do you off-set your carbon footprint?

By walking to work.

Greatest influence

Tom Wolfe.

Clubs

The Chelsea Arts Club, The Groucho Club, Soho House.

Favourite gadget

My iPod.

Desert island objects

A PowerBook, my iPod, Heidi Klum.

Most-admired politician

Alan Clark was always my favourite, principally for his innate sense of survival.

Favourite media

The New Yorker.

Biggest risk taken

Putting David Cameron on the cover.

Perfect day

A long one, followed by a long night.

Who should play you in the film of your life?

Piers Morgan.

Career highlights

Eight years at GQ.

Fictional hero

Yossarian.

Hidden talent

Can BlackBerry with my eyes closed.

Best job outside advertising

Photographer.

Lowdown

Jones has an unrivalled grasp of male reading habits, turning in good performances across all ABC results this year. It will be fascinating to see how he copes with rival title Esquire, which underwent a radical redesign under Jeremy Langmead, its new editor. Both are magazine lovers, commercially savvy and chasing similar readers. Game on.

Most expensive purchase

The other house.

Why are you good at what you do?

A short attention span.