Stefano Tonchi has been editor-in-chief of W since March 2010. Under his direction, W has been a finalist 11 times for the prestigious ASME Awards, with three nods in the General Excellence category.

Over the past four years, Tonchi’s team has won 20 medals from the Society of Publication Designers and a Webby Award for W’s Screen Tests. In 2016, W was named to Advertising Age’s A-List, and in 2015, the magazine was honored with a spot on Adweek’s Hot List.

Prior to W, Tonchi was the creator and editor-in-chief of T: The New York Times Style Magazine, which he introduced in 2004 after serving as style editor at the Sunday Times Magazine. In 2008, T was named Magazine of the Year by the Society of Publication Designers.

From 1998 to 2003, Tonchi was the fashion creative director for Esquire. In 2001, Esquire earned the Magazine of the Year Award from the Society of Publication Designers, as well as National Magazine Award nominations for Photography and Design.

Tonchi is the co-curator of “Bellissima: Italy and High Fashion 1945-1968,” an exhibition at the MAXXI Museum in Rome and NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale. He is also the co-author of “Uniform: Order and Disorder” (with an exhibition at MoMA PS1), “Total Living, Excess: Fashion and the Underground in the ’80s” (with an exhibition at the Pitti Palace in Florence), “Human Game: Winners and Losers,” and “Walter Albini and His Time.”

Tonchi graduated with a classic studies degree from Liceo Classico Forteguerri in Pistoia, Italy.

Chris Mitchell was named chief business officer of Vanity Fair and W in January 2017. In addition to overseeing revenue of the brand collection, Mitchell works directly with clients, as well as colleagues on the industry team to bring innovative solutions to market and grow the heritage of each brand.

Mitchell most recently served as publisher and chief revenue officer of Vanity Fair, a role he held since September 2014. In 2016, Mitchell was named Condé Nast’s CRO of the Year for exceeding the company’s aggressive digital growth goals by growing Vanity Fair’s digital advertising revenue by 71% and video revenue 41% over the previous year.

Mitchell was previously vice president and publisher of GQ, which he drove to record revenue levels in 2013. He joined GQ from Condé Nast Traveler, where he had been vice president and publisher since February 2009.

Prior to Condé Nast Traveler, Mitchell was vice president and publisher of WIRED Media. His appointment at WIRED marked his return to the brand; he was its advertising director from 1996 to 2000. Mitchell also served as vice president and publisher of Details from 2004 to 2008, associate publisher of The New Yorker from 2001 to 2004 and publisher of ONE, an independent design magazine and website from 2000-2001.

Mitchell received an M.A. in publishing from New York University and a B.A. in English from the University of California, Berkeley.