13 Facts About Forbes

Forbes is an American business magazine owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family.

Forbes has an international edition in Asia as well as editions produced under license in 27 countries and regions worldwide.

Forbes provided the money and the name and Drey provided the publishing expertise.

Forbes became editor-in-chief, a post he held until his death in 1954.

Bruce Forbes took over after his father's death, and his strengths lay in streamlining operations and developing marketing.

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In January 2010, Forbes reached an agreement to sell its headquarters building on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan to New York University; terms of the deal were not publicly reported, but Forbes was to continue to occupy the space under a five-year sale-leaseback arrangement.

Forbes's headquarters moved to the Newport section of downtown Jersey City, New Jersey, in 2014.

In July 2014, the Forbes family bought out Elevation and then Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments purchased a 51 percent majority of the company.

On January 6, 2014, Forbes magazine announced that, in partnership with app creator Maz, it was launching a social networking app called "Stream".

Forbes currently allows advertisers to publish blog posts on its website alongside regular editorial content through a program called BrandVoice, which accounts for more than 10 percent of its digital revenue.

In July 2018 Forbes deleted an article by a contributor who argued that libraries should be closed, and Amazon should open bookstores in their place.

Forbes argues that this is done because customers using ad blocking software do not contribute to the site's revenue.

In November 2019, Forbes launched its streaming platform Forbes8, an on-demand video network debuting a slate of original content aimed at entrepreneurs.