Peter Wennik Kaplan (February 10, 1954 – November 29, 2013[1]) was an American[2] editor known for modernizing New Journalism for the digital age.

His mother was a psychotherapist and his father was the owner and president of clothing manufacturer Complex Industries Corp.[2][8] While at Columbia High School he joined the newspaper, The Columbian.

[9][10][11] Kaplan's early career started at The New York Times, Esquire and Manhattan, inc. magazine where he served under both editors, Jane Amsterdam and Clay Felker.

In the early 1990s he served as an editorial director at Condé Nast Traveler and a producer at The Charlie Rose Show.

[15] He died of cancer in New York City on November 29, 2013, according to his second wife, Lisa Chase,[16] an editor at Elle.