peter brimelow was born in england in 1947. he and his twin brother studied at the university of sussex and at stanford university. he moved to toronto and worked as an editor for a canadian newspaper called the financial post and for a canadian magazine called maclean’s. in 1978, he started working for a republican united states senator named orrin hatch. in 1980, brimelow moved to new york and started working for american magazines. he was the editor of forbes magazine from 1986 to 2002.