Forbes

Forbes
Cover of the issue from December 20, 2010, featuring WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
Chairman / Editor-in-chiefSteve Forbes
EditorRandall Lane
CategoriesBusiness magazine
FrequencyTwice quarterly
PublisherForbes Media
Total circulation514,184 (2023)
FounderB. C. Forbes
First issueSeptember 15, 1917 (1917-09-15)
CompanyIntegrated Whale Media Investments
CountryUnited States
Based inJersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
LanguageEnglish
Websiteforbes.com
ISSN0015-6914
OCLC6465733

Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917. It has been owned by the Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairman and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes, while Sherry Phillips has served as CEO since January 1, 2025. The company is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Published eight times per year, Forbes features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. It also reports on related subjects such as technology, communications, science, politics, and law. It has an international edition in Asia as well as editions produced under license in 27 countries and regions worldwide. The magazine is known for its lists and rankings, including its lists of the richest Americans (the Forbes 400), of 30 notable people under the age of 30 (the Forbes 30 Under 30), of America's wealthiest celebrities, of the world's top companies (the Forbes Global 2000), of the world's most powerful people, and of the world's billionaires.

Since 2010, the Forbes.com website has become increasingly reliant on freelance contributor network writers who have limited editorial oversight from the publication, the quality of which has been criticised and described as enabling "pay-to-play journalism".