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My Take
Forbes is fascinating precisely because the name is the brand. Inheriting a media empire from his father and grandfather, he could have simply coasted as editor-in-chief of the magazine that ranks everyone else's wealth. Instead he ran for president twice on a flat-tax platform, which I find oddly admirable, a man born at the center of money and media choosing to risk the discomfort of the political arena. You can disagree with his economics, and many do, but there is a consistency to his convictions that I respect. He represents a particular American type: dynastic, ideological, and unembarrassed about both.
Overview
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Jr. (; born July 18, 1947) is an American publisher, businessman, and politician who is the chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes, the business magazine. 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.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Steve Forbes
- Name (Japanese)
- スティーブ・フォーブス
- Reading
- すてぃーぶ・ふぉーぶす
- Born
- July 18, 1947 (age 78)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Boar
- Origin
- Morristown, New Jersey, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- politician / publisher / journalist / editor-in-chief / businessperson
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Princeton University
Awards & achievements
- 2018 Order of Merit of the Star of Liberland
- 2017 New Jersey Hall of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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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 items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.