“The danger of leaving overwhelming wealth and power in the grasp of a small minority is a lesson that leaders such as ousted Tunisian president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak have learned a little too late, as the demonstrations across the Arab world indicate.”

Canadian journalist and magazine editor

Graydon Carter is a Canadian journalist and magazine editor. Born in 1949, he is best known for leading Vanity Fair from 1992 to 2017 and for helping found the satirical magazine Spy in 1986. He co-founded Spy with Kurt Andersen and Thomas L. Phillips, Jr., and later co-launched the weekly newsletter Air Mail with Alessandra Stanley in 2019. His career has centered on long-form journalism, magazine culture, and a polished, media-savvy view of public life.