Norman Pearlstine became editor-in-chief of Time Inc., the world's largest magazine publisher, on January 1, 1995. He is the fifth editor-in-chief in the company's history.

As editor-in-chief, Pearlstine oversees the editorial content of Time Inc.'s magazines, including TIME, Life, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, People, In Style, Money, and Entertainment Weeklyto name a few. In addition to his editorial duties, he has overall business responsibilities for Time Inc.'s new media, international and television activities.

Prior to joining Time Inc., Pearlstine was with Dow Jones & Company from 1968 to 1992, except for a two-year period, 1978 to 1980, when he was an executive editor at Forbesmagazine. He joined The Wall Street Journalas a staff reporter in its Dallas bureau in 1968 and subsequently worked as a reporter in Detroit and Los Angeles before being named the paper's Tokyo bureau chief in 1973.

Pearlstine was named the first managing editor of The Asian Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong in March 1976. He returned to The Wall Street Journal from Forbes in the spring of 1980 as national news editor. In 1982 he was named editor and publisher of The Wall Street Journal Europein Brussels. He was appointed managing editor of The Wall Street Journalin September 1983 and became executive editor in June 1991. He resigned from Dow Jones in June 1992. In April 1993 he was named general partner of Friday Holdings L.P., a multimedia investment company.

Pearlstine was born on October 4, 1942, in Philadelphia, PA and raised in nearby Collegeville. He graduated from Haverford College in 1964 and the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1967. In addition, he did postgraduate work at the Law School of Southern Methodist University.

Pearlstine is a member of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia and the American Bar Association. In 1989 he received the National Press Foundation's award as editor of the year. He currently serves as the president of the Atsuko Chiba Foundation, which supports Asian journalists who study in the U.S. He is also a director of the New York Historical Society, the Sundance Institute, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Pearlstine is married to author Nancy Friday.