Forbes family (publishers)

Last updated

The Forbes family includes a number of related people that founded, and have worked for, Forbes magazine. The family has close ties to Princeton University, with their namesake Forbes College as one of Princeton's residential colleges. Noted members include:

Related Research Articles

<i>Forbes</i> American business magazine

Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong–based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairman and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes, and its CEO is Mike Federle. It is based in Jersey City, New Jersey. Competitors in the national business magazine category include Fortune and Bloomberg Businessweek.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">B. C. Forbes</span> Scottish-American financial journalist (1880–1954)

Bertie Charles Forbes was a Scottish-American financial journalist and author who founded Forbes magazine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Malcolm Forbes</span> American publisher

Malcolm Stevenson Forbes was an American entrepreneur and politician most prominently known as the publisher of Forbes magazine, which was founded by his father B. C. Forbes. He was known as an avid promoter of capitalism and free market economics and for an extravagant lifestyle, spending on parties, travel, and his collection of homes, yachts, aircraft, art, motorcycles, and Fabergé eggs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Steve Forbes</span> American businessman and publisher (born 1947)

Malcolm StevensonForbes Jr. is an American publishing executive and politician who is the editor-in-chief of Forbes, a business magazine. He is the son of longtime Forbes publisher Malcolm Forbes and the grandson of that publication's founder B.C. Forbes. He is an adviser at the Forbes School of Business & Technology. Forbes was a candidate in the 1996 and 2000 Republican presidential primaries. He was also appointed chairman of the Board for International Broadcasting (BIB) in 1985, and was reappointed again in 1993.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andrea Jung</span> Canadian businesswoman (born 1958)

Andrea Jung is a Canadian-American executive, non-profit leader, and prominent women's-issues supporter based in New York City. In April 2014, she became president and CEO of Grameen America, a nonprofit microfinance organization founded by Nobel Peace Prize winner, Muhammad Yunus. From 1999 until 2012, she served as the first female CEO and chairman of Avon Products, Inc., a multi-level marketing company. Jung was also the first woman to serve as Chairman of the Cosmetic, Toiletry & Fragrance Association, and Chairman of the World Federation of Direct Selling Associations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Virginia Darden School of Business</span> Business school of the University of Virginia

The Darden School of Business is the graduate business school of the University of Virginia, a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. The school offers MBA, PhD, and Executive Education programs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ivy Club</span> United States historic place

The Ivy Club, often simply Ivy, is the oldest eating club at Princeton University. It was founded in 1879 with Arthur Hawley Scribner as its first head.

Steven Clark Rockefeller is an American professor, philanthropist and a fourth-generation member of the Rockefeller family. He is the second oldest son of former U.S. Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller and Mary Rockefeller.

A Luce Scholar is a recipient of a cultural exchange and vocational fellowship sponsored by the Henry Luce Foundation, a private foundation established by Time, Inc. founder Henry R. Luce.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Forbes College</span>

The Malcolm S. Forbes Jr. '70 College is one of the seven residential colleges that house all freshmen and sophomores at Princeton University. One of the two first residential colleges at Princeton, it was originally called Princeton Inn College after the former hotel where it is housed. Following a gift to the school by Malcolm S. Forbes Sr. '41 in 1984 in honor of his son, Steve, the college was renamed Forbes. Steve's daughter, Catherine Forbes '99, was a member of Forbes College while attending Princeton.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert J. Fisher</span> American businessman (born 1954)

Robert Joseph "Bob" Fisher is an American businessman who is the current chairman of Gap Inc. and has been a director since 1990; he was previously chairman of the board (2004–2007) and interim chief executive officer. The son of Gap Inc. co-founders Donald Fisher and Doris F. Fisher, he has been involved with the company as a board member or employee for over 30 years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mellody Hobson</span> American businesswoman

Mellody Louise Hobson Lucas is an American businesswoman who is president and co-CEO of Ariel Investments, and former chair of Starbucks. She is the former chairman of DreamWorks Animation, having stepped down after negotiating the acquisition of DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., by NBCUniversal in August 2016. In 2017, she became the first African-American woman to head The Economic Club of Chicago. On December 26, 2020 it was announced she would become chair of Starbucks in 2021, thus becoming the first black woman to chair an S&P 500 company, making her one of the highest profile corporate directors in the United States. She would serve in the role of chair until August 2024.

Business Today is an American, non-profit student organization headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, and run by Princeton University undergraduates. Founded in 1968 as a magazine, the organization has continued to expand to include conference and seminar programming.

Moira Forbes is an American journalist and member of the Forbes publishing family.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tejas Club</span> Student group at University of Texas at Austin

The Tejas Club is one of the oldest student organizations at the University of Texas at Austin. It was founded in 1925, and only has male members. The official purpose of the club is "to allow our members to live a more complete life by sharing their personalities, abilities and efforts to promote good fellowship and a high standard of conduct among ourselves and our fellow students, to encourage loyalty and usefulness to our school, and to further good scholarship." The membership process of the organization is secretive and not open to the public.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cannon Dial Elm Club</span> United States historic place

Cannon Dial Elm Club, also known as Cannon Club, is one of the historic Eating Clubs at Princeton University. Founded in 1895, it completed its current clubhouse in 1910. The club closed in the early 1970s and later merged with Dial Lodge and Elm Club to form Dial, Elm, Cannon (DEC), which closed its doors in 1998. In 2011 DEC reopened, now bearing the name Cannon Dial Elm Club, using its historic clubhouse, which had served as the home for the Office of Population Research during the club's hiatus.

Dame Donna Langley-Shamshiri is a British film executive who is Chairman of Universal Studios and Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Chief Content Officer.

Peter Arthur Edward Hastings Forbes, 10th Earl of Granard, is an Irish peer.