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My Take
Malcolm Forbes fascinates me as the rare heir who outshined the institution he inherited. He took his father's magazine and made the Forbes name a global byword for wealth, then lived as flamboyantly as the fortunes he chronicled, ballooning, riding motorcycles, throwing legendary parties. Yet the Bronze Star and Purple Heart remind us he served with real courage before any of that. A Princeton man and New Jersey state senator, he could have played it safe and didn't. I admire people who treat life as something to be spent rather than hoarded, and Forbes seems to have spent his with magnificent abandon.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Malcolm Forbes
- Name (Japanese)
- マルコム・フォーブス
- Reading
- まるこむ・ふぉーぶす
- Born
- August 19, 1919 – February 24, 1990
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Goat
- Origin
- Englewood, New Jersey, United States
- Occupation
- publisher / politician / socialite / journalist / businessperson
2. Background
- University
- Princeton University
Awards & achievements
- Bronze Star Medal
- Purple Heart
- Harmon Trophy
- 2008 New Jersey Hall of Fame
- Pride of Performance
- Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey
- 1989 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Malcolm Forbes born?
August 19, 1919 – February 24, 1990.
Where is Malcolm Forbes from?
Malcolm Forbes is from Englewood, New Jersey, United States.
What does Malcolm Forbes do?
Malcolm Forbes works as publisher, politician, socialite, journalist, businessperson.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.