James Max (born 1970) is a journalist and radio presenter specialising in business issues. He presents programmes for London speech radio station LBC 97.3. He was a semi-finalist on the first series of the British version of The Apprentice television programme.

Born in London in May 1970, James is the youngest of four brothers. Richard Max is a specialist planning lawyer, Edward Max an actor and Director of the Frinton-on-Sea summer repertory theatre and Robert Max a cellist. Robert has had a notable career, touring the world as part of the renowned piano trio, The Barbican Piano Trio.

James went to St Paul’s School in London and left in July 1988 with three A-levels. In October 1989, he went to the University of Reading and in 1992 graduated with a first-class BSc honours degree in Land Management. He joined DTZ, a firm of property advisors, to undertake his professional training to become a Chartered Surveyor. He passed his Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) in 1994 and became a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS). In 1995 he became an Associate Director and in 1997 was promoted to Director.^{[citation needed]}