Forbes family (publishers)

This article is about the Forbes family associated with Forbes magazine. For information about the Forbes family related to US Secretary of State John Kerry, see Forbes family.

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:

• Bertie Charles Forbes, a.k.a. B.C. Forbes (1880–1954), ^[1] the founder of the magazine ^[2]
  • Bruce Charles Forbes (1916–1964), ^[3] eldest son of B.C. Forbes
  • Malcolm Stevenson Forbes (1919–1990), son and successor of B.C. Forbes
    • Steve Forbes a.k.a. Malcolm Forbes Jr. (b, 1947), son of Malcolm Forbes, current editor-in-chief and former chairman, president, and CEO of the company
      • Moira Forbes (b. 1979), daughter of Steve Forbes
    • Christopher Forbes (b. 1950), son of Malcolm Forbes, former Vice Chairman and a Vice Chancellor of the American Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
    • Robert Laidlaw Forbes, son of Malcolm Forbes
    • Tim Forbes, son of Malcolm Forbes and former president and chief operating officer
    • Moira Hamilton, daughter of Malcolm Forbes

References

1. "B. C. Forbes Dies; Publisher, Was 73; Financial, Business Writer Had Magazine 30 Years, Was Syndicated Columnist". The New York Times . May 7, 1954. Retrieved June 2, 2025.
2. "Forbes, Head Of Business Magazine, Dies". Chicago Tribune . May 7, 1954. Retrieved June 30, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Bruce Forbes, 48, Magazine's Chief; President of Twice‐Monthly Business Publication Dies". The New York Times . June 3, 1964. Retrieved June 2, 2025.