GQ names Adam Baidawi as its top editor

Adam Baidawi recalls being enthralled by GQ magazine the first time he pored through an issue as a teenager in suburban Melbourne, Australia.

Some two decades later — and on the other side of the world — Mr. Baidawi will now take the helm of the men’s magazine as its next global editorial director.

Condé Nast, the publisher of GQ and other brands like Vogue and The New Yorker, on Tuesday announced Mr. Baidawi’s promotion to the top job, effective immediately. Mr. Baidawi, 35, who led British GQ and was the deputy global editorial director, will now oversee all of GQ, including its U.S. publication and its global editions, as well as the music publication Pitchfork, which was folded into GQ in 2024.

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