In 1917, Bertie Charles Forbes, known as B. C. Forbes, launchedForbes magazine, the biweekly business publication geared for topdecision makers. Scottish immigrant B.C. Forbes came to New York in1904, and got his first job by offering to work for nothing as a reporter forThe Journal of Commerce. A dozen years later he had become a widelysyndicated business columnist. In 1917, as an outlet for his outpouringsthat were too voluminous for his daily column and his other magazinefeature articles, he foundedForbes.

In 1946, following World War II, B.C.’s sons, Bruce and MalcolmForbes, joined the company. Bruce headed advertising in Detroit, andMalcolm was assistant publisher. When B.C. Forbes died in 1954, Brucebecame president and Malcolm the editor-in-chief and publisher.

Besides Malcolm and Bruce, there were three other brothers: Duncan,who died in his teens, Gordon who died in 1987, and Wal ace, now president ofForbes Investors Advisory Institute. In 1964, Bruce Forbes died of cancer at theage of 48. Then, Malcolm became the president and editor-in-chief, and made aForbes a household name when it came to business and investing.

Malcolm died at the age of 70 in 1990. Forbes, Inc. passed to his foursons and his daughter, Moira.

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Robert Forbes is Vice President of Forbes and President of ForbesLife.

福布斯公司是怎樣產(chǎn)生的1917年，博泰·查爾斯·福布斯（即眾所周知的B.C.福布斯）創(chuàng)辦了《福布斯》雜志?！陡２妓埂冯s志是面向頂級企業(yè)決策者的財(cái)經(jīng)類雙周刊。B.C.福布斯是來自蘇格蘭的移民，他于1904年來到紐約。他的第一份工作是無償為《商報(bào)》做記者。十幾年后，他成了一名財(cái)經(jīng)專欄作家，他的作品在多家報(bào)紙上發(fā)表。1917年，由于其每日專欄作品以及為其他雜志撰寫的特稿數(shù)量頗多，他創(chuàng)立了《福布斯》雜志。

二戰(zhàn)結(jié)束后，B.C.福布斯的兒子布魯斯·福布斯和馬爾科姆·福布斯于1946年加盟福布斯公司。布魯斯在底特律掌管廣告業(yè)務(wù)，馬爾科姆任助理出版人。B.C.福布斯于1954年去世后，布魯斯成為公司總裁，馬爾科姆任主編兼出版人。

馬爾科姆和布魯斯還有三個(gè)兄弟：鄧肯十幾歲時(shí)就去世了，戈登也于1987年去世，華萊士·福布斯現(xiàn)任福布斯投資人顧問中心總裁。1964年，布魯斯死于癌癥，時(shí)年48歲。接著，馬爾科姆出任公司總裁和主編，他帶領(lǐng)公司涉足商業(yè)和投資領(lǐng)域，使福布斯成為一個(gè)家喻戶曉的名字。

1990年，70歲的馬爾科姆去世。福布斯公司由他的四個(gè)兒子和女兒莫伊拉管理。

如今，史蒂夫·福布斯擔(dān)任福布斯公司的董事長兼首席執(zhí)行官，他還兼任《福布斯》雜志的主編；他的兄弟蒂姆·福布斯擔(dān)任福布斯公司的總裁和首席運(yùn)營官；克里斯托弗·福布斯擔(dān)任福布斯公司的副董事長；羅伯特·福布斯擔(dān)任福布斯公司的副總裁，同時(shí)兼任《福布斯生活》雜志的總裁。