Felix Dennis was the chairman of Dennis Publishing, which publishes The Week among many other magazines. He was the founder of Maxim, one of the most successful new magazines of the last decade. He wrote several volumes of poetry that have been performed live onstage by the Royal Shakespeare Company. His other interests included breeding rare pigs, drinking French wine, collecting first edition books, and avoiding business meetings. He had homes in London, Stratford-upon-Avon, New York City, Connecticut, and the Caribbean island of Mustique.