Steve Forbes
Steve Forbes is an influential pro-growth advocate, a writer and speaker on domestic and foreign policy issues, and a successful publisher and chief executive.
He serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Forbes Inc. and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes magazine.
Mr. Forbes writes editorials for each issue of Forbes under the heading of "Fact and Comment." A widely respected economic prognosticator, he is the only writer to have won the highly prestigious Crystal Owl Award four times.
On September 22, 1995, Mr. Forbes took leave of absence from Forbes Inc. to campaign for the Republican nomination for president. He vigorously competed in all the early primary contests and was victorious in Arizona and Delaware. Key to his platform was a flat tax that was a tax cut, medical savings accounts, a new Social Security system for younger people, parental control of schools and term limits.
Steve Forbes will continue to energetically promote this agenda. In 1996, he became Honorary Chairman of Americans for Hope, Growth and Opportunity, a grassroots issues advocacy organization founded to advance pro-growth, pro-freedom and pro-family issues.
In 1985, President Reagan named Mr. Forbes Chairman of the bi-partisan Board for International Broadcasting. In this position, he oversaw the operation of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. Broadcasting behind the Iron Curtain, Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty were praised by Poland's Lech Walesa as being critical to the struggle against communism.
