Forbes

Rich list publisher

Forbes is a prominent American business magazine known for its rankings of wealthy individuals and corporations—the Forbes 400, Forbes Global 2000, and especially its billionaires list.

The name has become shorthand for financial success and elite status: She's been on Forbes three times.

Founded in 1917 by B.C.

Forbes, it remains a major voice in business journalism. (As a common noun, forbes is an archaic Scottish word for a type of grass.)

ranking

list

Sequence of recorded items

position · status · tier · classification · standing · hierarchy · benchmark · rating · evaluation · methodology

wealth

affluence

Abundance of money

fortune · assets · net worth · prosperity · capital · inheritance · estate · opulence · luxury · plutocrat

magazine

publication

Issued written material

subscription · issue · column · feature · headline · editor · interview · op-ed · byline · media

business

entrepreneurship

Creating and managing ventures

industry · venture · enterprise · CEO · founder · executive · dealmaker · investor · disruptor · tech

Categories
Opposites
media ideological orientation

ForbesJacobin

1790s French extremist

Mother Jones · Communist Manifesto

approach to economics/business

Forbespeer-reviewed journals

Publications vetted by field experts

Das Kapital · scholarly research · The Economist

wealth celebration vs. critique

ForbesBernie Sanders

muckraking journalism

Phrases
Family

forbid, forbidden, forbidding, forbearance, forbear, forbearing, forbade, forbearingly, forborne

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G