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  AllRefer.com - Malcolm Forbes (Journalism And Publishing, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Englewood, N.J. The third son of a Scottish immigrant who founded Forbes magazine in 1917, he graduated from Princeton Univ. (1941), and became publisher of the magazine on his father's death (1954).
Its annual list of the richest 400 people in America is one of the most widely quoted sources on the subject of wealth in the United States.
Forbes ran unsuccessfully for governor of New Jersey (1957) and used his magazine and numerous books to praise the virtues of laissez-faire capitalism.
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 Forbes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Forbes magazine is an American business and financial magazine founded in 1917 by B.C. Forbes.
After his death in 1954 and his son Bruce's death in 1964, it was long synonymous with his flamboyant second son Malcolm Stevenson Forbes (1917–1990).
Forbes 500, a list of largest companies taking into account market capitalization, revenue, income and assets (this is differs from the Fortune 500 which is based only on revenues).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Forbes   (333 words)

  
 Motorcycle Hall of Fame: Malcolm Forbes
The third son of B.C. and Adelaide Forbes, Malcolm Stevenson Forbes was born in New York City on August 19, 1919.
Forbes was described by an interviewer at Newsday as genial and witty and lacking the aura of barely controlled tension evident in many corporate heads.
Forbes was awarded the AMA Hazel Kolb Brighter Image Award in 1987, the Association's highest award for activities that generate good publicity for motorcycling.
www.motorcyclemuseum.org /halloffame/hofbiopage.asp?id=173   (581 words)

  
 Cake: Malcolm Forbes
Forbes, actual Faberge chatzcahs on his desk (which was as large as a dance floor), enough wood paneling to heat Upper and Lower Slovobia for two winters, and Andrew Wyeths, Picassos and Warhols.
Forbes had paid $947.00 for the seat for my cake, the stew crew told me it was not safe enough on the seat.
Forbes' chauffeur wouldn't be able to get to the gate to help me with the cake, I had reserved a wheelchair to meet me at the plane, to move it.
home.earthlink.net /~cliffcakes/cake/forbe.html   (1089 words)

  
 Washingtonpost.com: No Blank Checks for Forbes
Forbes said the stock transactions "can hold up under scrutiny." As for the amount paid for the shares, he said: "There are various methods that you use to try to arrive at a fair figure.
When Malcolm Forbes died in 1990, he left eldest son Steve Forbes 51.1 percent of the voting stock--a controlling stake--to prevent the business from being torn by any disagreement among the heirs.
Though Forbes magazine is famous for the annual "Forbes 400," which profiles and attempts to rank the richest Americans, editor in chief Steve Forbes resisted discussing his finances in detail.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/politics/campaigns/wh2000/stories/forbes081799.htm   (1655 words)

  
 Careers Malcolm Forbes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Malcolm Forbes is one of the most famous names in the world of business.
Malcolm was born in 1919 in Brooklyn to Scottish immigrant parents.
Forbes was assigned to a heavy machine gun section in the 334th Infantry, 84th Infantry Division — the "Railsplitters." He served in France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany.
www.military.com /Careers/Content1?file=trans_malcolm_forbes.htm&area=Content   (242 words)

  
 Commissioner Thomas Statement of Reasons re Dismissal of FEC v. Forbes Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Forbes was whether a presidential candidate could freely use the corporate resources of a media outlet, owned and controlled by him, to feature and discuss campaign issues of importance to his candidacy.
Forbes and the Forbes campaign had violated the statute by accepting these prohibited corporate contributions from Forbes, Inc. On December 9, 1998, however, Commissioners Elliott, Mason, Wold, and Sandstrom took the unprecedented step of voting to withdraw the suit with prejudice.
Forbes was merely engaging in “issue discussion” as a candidate and that, absent express advocacy, such candidate activity is outside the Commission’s jurisdiction and may be permissibly financed with prohibited source money.
www.fec.gov /members/thomas/thomasstatement15.htm   (2620 words)

  
 Reason magazine -- Steve Forbes Interview
Forbes: We will continue to evolve as we have done for the past 20 years--concentrating on the people who run and manage companies, people who can make decisions, people who start new enterprises, because without good management you'll not for long have a good business.
Forbes: We haven't used the influence because it has never occurred to us that the way they run their economy is particularly bad, that the advice that they get from so- called experts is wrong.
Forbes: Short term, no. The state of New York and the city of New York have very severe financial problems, but again, the raw energy level is high.
www.reason.com /forbes.shtml   (2690 words)

  
 Forbes, Malcolm on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
There's a new Egg in the Forbes collection; spurned in his attempts to buy Interview, Forbes hatches his own trendy arts magazine.
Weinberger: a pre-emptive strike; Malcolm Forbes turns to big-gun celebrityism for new publisher.
Malcolm Forbes's ultra-bash boasted French fizz and a prom queen named Liz.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/F/Forbes-M1.asp   (383 words)

  
 reveries - kendall crolius - forbes
I mean, literally, the very first column that B.C. Forbes wrote in the very first issue in 1917 included this line: "The purpose of business is to create happiness, not to pile up millions." When Malcolm was alive that was crystal clear.
Forbes' heritage is as an American brand, but the spirit of free enterprise is not a concept that's exclusively American.
Forbes doesn't stage that many conferences and yet one of them is for women.
www.reveries.com /reverb/media/crolius   (2087 words)

  
 Presidential Candidate Steve Forbes - The Dark Side: Character and Scandals
Forbes also fired his secretary of 13 years, Ann Barton, just before her 65th birthday, and has written editorials in favor of allowing forced retirement at that age.
Forbes also repeatedly opposed a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget, and in fact never felt a balanced budget was as important as lowering taxes.
Forbes, Inc. uses a largely discredited form of contract called the "installment contract for deed." Purchasers buy their land on a contract that only gives them the deed after 10 years of payments - and heft interest charges.
www.realchange.org /forbes.htm   (2633 words)

  
 Forbes Trinchera Ranch
Acquired by Malcolm Forbes in 1969, it is a place where he would come to savor the tranquil, wide open spaces, to think, reflect and entertain.
The lodge itself is a virtual art museum with diverse collections of ships models, toy motorcycles, western paintings and bronzes acquired by Malcolm and his sons.
Malcolm Forbes always appreciated good food and the ranch's 3 chefs are sure not to disappoint.
www.forbestrinchera.com   (268 words)

  
 Astrology Software for Research - Malcolm Forbes, Jr. - astrology chart
The son of Malcolm Forbes, publisher of Forbes Capitalist Tool and wealthy libertine, Malcolm enjoyed a childhood of privilege coupled with his father's notoriety.
Eschewing the protesters and preppies, Forbes put his nose to the grindstone and launched a campus business magazine called Business Today, a magazine that is still in operation.
Forbes has been described as a preppy who relishes a fight, dressing like the captain of the chess club but thinking like a captain of industry.
www.astrodatabank.com /NM/ForbesJrMalcolm.htm   (738 words)

  
 Forbes: A mission to make things happen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Malcolm Forbes was known for extravagance, including a $2 million bash in Morocco for his 70th birthday, with Elizabeth Taylor as arm candy.
On the left, Malcolm Forbes is depicted wearing a white racing jumpsuit and boots, surrounded by three motorcycle helmets and photos of his hot-air balloons.
Forbes' backers say he's running because he has the resources and the economic understanding to broaden the current economic boom.
www.usatoday.com /news/opinion/e408.htm   (1437 words)

  
 The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine): Malcolm Forbes outed March 1990: a cover story ... @ HighBeam ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Malcolm Forbes outed March 1990: a cover story in Outweek edited by Gabriel Rotello, launches the outing debate.
In March 1990, I edited an OutWeek cover story titled "The Secret Gay Life of Malcolm Forbes." It launched one of the most fractious debates in modern gay history.
But the larger purpose was to initiate a debate over a media double standard in which virtually all aspects of public figures' private lives were open for scrutiny--except homosexually.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:94598280&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (321 words)

  
 No. 93-P 93   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Forbes is the Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine and, until recently, served as the distinguished chairman of the Board for International Broadcasting.
Forbes has rendered invaluable service through his efforts to maintain one of America's most highly leveraged tools for promoting democracy and free enterprise -- Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty.
Forbes' many contributions to the national interest will also be recognized by former Presidents George Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Richard Nixon, Vice President Dan Quayle, former Secretary of State George Schultz and former Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick.
www.security-policy.org /papers/1993/93-P93.html   (324 words)

  
 Newsweek: Richie Rich on the stump.(Malcolm 'Steve' Forbes Jr. contemplates running for president of the U.S.)@ ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Forbes, publisher of Forbes magazine and chairman of the Empower America think tank, is seriously considering running for president at the urging of economist Jude Wanniski.
He may not be fit for rough politics, but political outsiders are popular, as are his supply-side ideas such as a flat tax.
MALCOLM S. HAS faced character tests appropriate to his class.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:17296704&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (226 words)

  
 Folio: The Magazine for Magazine Management: There's a new Egg in the Forbes collection; spurned in his attempts to buy ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Egg was born after Malcolm Forbes failed in his bid for Andy Warhol's Interview, which was sold earlier this year, The title has been covering the art and fashion scene for 20 years, but recently expanded editorial to cover political and literary topics.
Forbes Inc. may also be looking for new ways to grow and develop.
It means the beginning of life, new and exciting things, discovery." And, of course, it now gives Malcolm Forbes an Egg of a different sort to add to his world-famous collection of Faberge eggs.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3065/is_n10_v18/ai_7955525   (941 words)

  
 MALCOLM FORBES - PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED
In 1957, Forbes inherited the business magazine founded by his father 40 years earlier.
"Forbes" became one of America's most successful business magazines while he was Editor-in-Chief and Publisher.
Forbes, who was worth at least $400 million at his death in 1990, was also noted for his collection of Fabergé eggs and autographs and manuscripts and for hosting lavish parties for his friends.
www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/9_2001/business/MALCOLM_FORBES.htm   (172 words)

  
 Oh, Dad, Poor Dad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Forbes was on the platform at all is that he inherited a magazine and a huge fortune from his father, Malcolm.
Forbes would be grateful to dad, and respectful of his memory.
The relevance of all this to Steve Forbes’ manly stand in New Hampshire 55 years later is that Malcolm Forbes was gay.
badattitudes.com /Closet.html   (337 words)

  
 VOTE.COM | Who Won the January 15, 2000 Republican Presidential Debate?
Malcolm "Steve" Forbes has been President and CEO of Forbes Inc., and Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Forbes since 1990.
Born in Morristown, New Jersey, the younger Forbes earned a bachelors degree in history from Princeton University in 1970.
Upon graduation, he was given an entry-level position at Forbes Inc., moving up to eventually replace his father at the top.
www.vote.com /vote/2692752/objective2692962.phtml?cat=4075633   (339 words)

  
 Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company 1899 signed by J. Malcolm Forbes
Forbes main objective is to improve the quality of the light driving horse, which, before the advent of the automobile, is in great demand throughout the country.
Forbes never raced a stable, he was an expert on breeding fast horses, until his death in 1904.
Forbes made national headlines by paying Senator Leland Stamford of California the incredible sum of $125,000 for his stallion Arion.
www.scripophily.net /tencoalirand2.html   (776 words)

  
 Forbes and Readers Digest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
The Forbes family and the eponymous magazine offer a point of reference in considering other media czars such as Hearst, Hersant and Annenberg.
Recent biographies of Malcolm Forbes - self-described 'capitalist tool', father of recurrent presidential contender and flat-tax advocate Steve Forbes - emphasise the warts: beefy boys, bombast, balloons, bibelots, big bikes.
Bertie Forbes was prolific, although to jaundiced eyes such as ours most of his work is an unappealing mix of cracker-barrel philosophising, promotion, cheerleading and anxieties about socialism.
www.ketupa.net /forbesrd.htm   (657 words)

  
 MALCOLM FORBES - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 06/13/1988
TLS: "Malcolm Forbes" as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine, ¼p, 7¼x10½.
In 1957, Forbes inherited the business magazine founded 40 years earlier by his father, increasing its circulation to 735,000 while he was Editor-in-Chief and Publisher.
Forbes, who introduced "The Rich List", an annual ranking of America's wealthiest people, was himself worth $400 million at the time of his death in 1990.
www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/5_2003/business/MALCOLM_FORBES.htm   (178 words)

  
 AEGiS-LT: Whose Sex Secret Is It?-- Do We Have a Right to Know a Public Figure's Sexual Orientation? Recent Disclosures ...
Malcolm Forbes, the flamboyant publisher known for his relationships with hot-air balloons and Elizabeth Taylor, had been dead only a week when rumors about his sexual orientation hit the mainstream media.
Though deceased, Forbes has become the latest target of "outing," a growing practice in which alleged gay men, lesbians or bisexuals are involuntarily yanked from the sexual closet, typically by activists in the gay community.
CAPTION: Photo: After his death in February, publishing tycoon Malcolm Forbes was a target of 'outing,' a practice in which alleged gay or bisexual people are yanked from the sexual closet.
www.aegis.com /news/lt/1990/LT900314.html   (3023 words)

  
 Forbes, Malcolm --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Named after former New South Wales chief justice Sir Francis Forbes, it was proclaimed a town in 1861 during a gold rush and became a municipality in 1870.
He became president and chief executive officer of Forbes, Inc., editor in chief of Forbes, a business magazine, and publisher of American Heritage magazine as well as a chain of suburban weekly...
Conductor Malcolm Sargent toured throughout the world as England's self-styled “ambassador or music.” He conducted both choral and orchestral music, and his recordings of Gilbert and Sullivan with the D'Oyly Carte Opera company are renowned.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9311295   (557 words)

  
 Incharacter.org
Forbes is the only writer to have won the highly prestigious Crystal Owl Award four times, given by USX Corporation to the financial journalist whose economic forecasts for the coming year proved most accurate.
He is a longtime champion of the idea that people know better what to do with their money than government does.
Indeed, the stories we got as youngsters about the travails of Forbes Magazine during the Great Depression where it nearly went under, instilled in us the idea that nothing is permanent.
www.incharacter.org /article.php?article=4   (3452 words)

  
 Lamborghini Diablo for Malcolm Forbes
When the new Diablo was presented to the public back in January 1990, Mr Malcolm Forbes was present, he actually was Grand Marchall for that occasion.
Unfortunately, when the car was finished, Mr Malcolm Forbes had already passed away, so he never actually took delivery of this rare Diablo.
This Malcolm Forbes special had several unique features, not found on other Diablo's, like the custom made floormats, with the raging bull emblem combined with the Forbes logo.
www.lambocars.com /archive/diablo/diablomf.htm   (302 words)

  
 A La Vieille Russie
The sale of a portion of the Forbes Magazine Collection of Fabergé has been of particular interest to A La Vieille Russie, whose long association with Malcolm Forbes began in 1964.
In the words of Malcolm Forbes: The purchase of the 1902 Duchess of Marlborough egg, “is what got us rolling on what’s become the FORBES Fabergé collection.
Described by Malcolm Forbes as “the prime house of Fabergé in this country,” A LA VIEILLE RUSSIE (ALVR), was established in 1851 and specializes in antique jewelry, Fabergé, and works of art.
www.alvr.com /special.html?sku=3156937065137782   (588 words)

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