Miguel R. Forbes

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Miguel R. Forbes
Born
New York, New York
Alma materNew York University (M.S., Publishing; B.A., English)[citation needed]
OccupationPublisher

Miguel R. Forbes is an American entrepreneur.[1]

Personal life and education[edit]

Forbes was born in Lenox Hill Hospital and raised in Manhattan; he is the son of Alberto and Lydia Raurell. His late father was a noted figure in the New York art scene and director of the Tamayo Museum in Mexico City. After his parents' divorce, his mother married Robert Forbes, making Miguel Forbes an adopted son and grandson of the Forbes publishing family. 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.[citation needed]


Publishing career[edit]

Forbes served as President of Worldwide Development at Forbes, Inc.[2] Prior to that, he was President of Forbes Television & Licensing.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] In July 2013, Forbes announced that Forbes' latest local language edition, Forbes Hungary, would launch in late 2013.[6]

Forbes launched “Forbes on Fox,” a weekly television program on Fox News, in May 2001.[citation needed] 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.[7][8] He initiated a number of Forbes specials produced for E! Entertainment Television that aired in 2007.

Forbes was a co-founder of Forbes.com.[9] He is a contributor on the Forbes blog network, writing about foreign markets, leadership, and entrepreneurship.[10] Forbes participated in the 13th Annual Forbes Global CEO Conference held in Bali in September 2013.[11]

Philanthropy[edit]

In 2005, Forbes became a Young Global Leader, a division of the World Economic Forum which consists of under-forty-year-old leaders who collaborate on an action plan for a vision of what the world could be like in 2020.[12]

Forbes hosted the annual Forbes 400 Charity Poker Tournament in 2010, which raised $1.2 million to be split among 13 charities.[13]

In 2013, Forbes was appointed to the New York University President’s Global Council by university president John Sexton.[14]

Entrepreneurship[edit]

Forbes extended the Forbes brand into financial services including Forbes Family Trust (FFT) and Forbes Private Capital Group.[15] FFT, which focuses on providing services to high-net-worth clientele, merged with LGL partners in January 2013.[16] Forbes Private Capital Group raises capital for hedge funds, private equity funds and real estate funds, and also raises funds for direct investments.

Forbes also co-founded Planetary Power, a sustainable energy company, in 2007 to address the world’s energy challenges with affordable renewable power available around the clock.[citation needed] In 2011, Forbes co-founded Startle.com, online home of the Forbes Travel Guide,[17] with Jeff Arnold (founder of WebMD) and is a member of the board of directors.

Forbes has entered the commercial real estate market with the September 2013 announcement of the first Forbes Media Tower to be built in the Philippines. The tower will be built in Makati in partnership with Century Properties.[18]

Forbes also initiated a partnership in 2014 that brought the Forbes brand into the mobile commerce market. A licensing agreement between Forbes and payment solutions provider Lotaris created Forbes Digital Commerce, which focuses on mobile payment applications and works with such platforms as MasterCard's MasterPass in-app payment solution.[19]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Gardner Jr., Ralph (28 September 2010). "A Beastly Pursuit, in Rhyme". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Miguel Forbes". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  3. ^ Begley Feurey, Monie. "Miguel Forbes Named President, Forbes TV & Licensing". Reuters. Business Wire. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  4. ^ Forbes, Miguel. "Forbes: The Fastest Growing Global Media Brand". Forbes. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  5. ^ Minder, Raphael (17 March 2013). "Spanish Magazine Publisher Bets Against the Crisis". New York Times. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Forbes Hungary to launch in November". inPublishing. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  7. ^ "Forbes SportsMoney Wins New York Emmy Award For Second Consecutive Year". Forbes. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  8. ^ "The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Announces Results of the 57th Annual New York Emmy Awards" (PDF). New York Emmy Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Miguel Forbes Bio". Forbes. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  10. ^ Forbes, Miguel. "Forbes: The Fastest Growing Global Media Brand". Forbes. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  11. ^ Dua, Nusa (14 October 2013). "Forbes To Develop Business Towers Worldwide". The Bali Times. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  12. ^ "Young Global Leaders". The Daily Beast. Newsweek. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  13. ^ Prince, Russ Alan. "Billionaire Poker". Private Wealth. Private Wealth. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  14. ^ Forbes, Miguel (31 October 2013). "How NYU Is Taking Worldwide Education To The Next Level". Forbes. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  15. ^ Conrod, David. "Capital Raising: Forbes Private Capital Group". G2 Investment Group. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  16. ^ "Forbes Family Trust Forms Exclusive Strategic and Investment Advisory Partnership with LGL Partners". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  17. ^ "Forbes Travel Guide Launches Startle.com". Forbes Travel Guide. PR Newswire. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  18. ^ Vallecillo, Francys. "First Forbes-Branded Tower Set for Philippines". World Property Channel. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  19. ^ Mickey, Bill (24 February 2014). "Forbes Licenses Brand Name to Mobile Payment Provider". Folio. Retrieved 29 August 2014.

External links[edit]

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