Miguel Forbes

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(businessman)
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NationalityUS
Alma materSaint David's School, New York University
Parents • Lydia Forbes
• Robert Forbes
Member ofWEF/Young Global Leaders/2005
Member of the Forbes publishing family.

Miguel R. Forbes is a member of the Forbes publishing family. He joined Forbes in 1996 [1] where he is President of New Business Development[2] and and Vice-Chairman of Forbes Family Trust.

He was selected a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2005.

Personal life and education

Forbes was born in Lenox Hill Hospital and raised in Manhattan. He attended the Rudolf Steiner School and graduated from Saint David's School in New York City. He has a B.A. in English and an M.S. in Publishing from New York University.

Publishing career

Forbes served as President of Worldwide Development at Forbes, Inc.[3] Prior to that, he was President of Forbes Television & Licensing.[4] Forbes was appointed Forbes Vice President of Business Development in 2000 and launched nine foreign editions of Forbes in Korea, Russia, China, Arabia, Israel, Poland, Turkey, Romania, and Croatia.[5] In March 2013, Forbes was instrumental in launching a Spanish-language version of Forbes in Spain, the first local edition of Forbes in Western Europe.[6] In July 2013, Forbes announced that Forbes' latest local language edition, Forbes Hungary, would launch in late 2013.[7]

Forbes launched “Forbes on Fox,” a weekly television program on Fox News, in May 2001. He became Executive Producer of Forbes SportsMoney, a series developed in partnership with the YES Network in 2008. The series won a New York Emmy award for Forbes in the Business/Consumer: Program/Special category for three years in a row, from 2012-2014.[8][9] He initiated a number of Forbes specials produced for E! Entertainment Television that aired in 2007.

Forbes was a co-founder of Forbes.com.[10] He is a contributor on the Forbes blog network, writing about foreign markets, leadership, and entrepreneurship.[11] Forbes participated in the 13th Annual Forbes Global CEO Conference held in Bali in September 2013.[12]

During his tenure at Forbes Media, Forbes was also a regular participant in events designed to foster collaboration and the exchange of ideas within the global business community, such as the 13th Annual Forbes Global CEO Conference held in Bali in September 2013.

Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy

In 2012, Forbes Media co-hosted the first Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy with 161 billionaires, including Bill and Melinda Gates,Warren Buffett, Pete Peterson, Marc Benioff and others, who gathered to discuss and coordinate how strategically spend their money. In contrast to previous generations, they "expect to see the results of their philanthropy in their lifetime and have less interest in leaving a legacy. An increasing number of them are willing to partner, with people like themselves, with corporations or with the recipients to ensure greater effectiveness"[13]. Afterwards it became a yearly event.

 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
WEF/Annual Meeting/201323 January 201327 January 2013Switzerland
World Economic Forum
2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"
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