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{{Short description|American businessman and publisher (born 1947)}}
{{other people||Stephen Forbes (disambiguation){{!}}Stephen Forbes}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Steve Forbes
| image = Steve Forbes (53863467262) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Forbes in 2024
| office = Chairman of the [[Board for International Broadcasting]]
| president = [[Ronald Reagan]] <br> [[George H.W. Bush]]
| term_start = {{circa|1985}}
| term_end = January 20, 1993
| predecessor = [[Frank J. Shakespeare]]
| successor = [[Dan Mica]]
| birth_name = Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Jr.
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|7|18|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Morristown, New Jersey]], U.S.
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Sabina Beekman|1971}}
| children = 5, including [[Moira Forbes|Moira]]
| father = [[Malcolm Forbes]]
| relatives = [[Forbes family (publishers)|Forbes family]]<br>[[B. C. Forbes]] (grandfather)
| education = [[Princeton University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|AB]])
| signature = Signature of Steve Forbes (cropped).jpg
}}
'''Malcolm Stevenson''' '''Forbes Jr.''' ({{IPAc-en|f|ɔr|b|z}}; born July 18, 1947)<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2019/07/18/Famous-birthdays-for-July-18-Vin-Diesel-Kristen-Bell/8771563155558/|title=Famous birthdays for July 18: Vin Diesel, Kristen Bell|work=[[United Press International]]|date=July 18, 2019|access-date=August 7, 2019|archive-date=July 19, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190719181941/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2019/07/18/Famous-birthdays-for-July-18-Vin-Diesel-Kristen-Bell/8771563155558/|url-status=live|quote=Publisher Steve Forbes in 1947 (age 72)}}</ref> is an American publishing executive and politician who is the [[editor-in-chief]] of ''[[Forbes]]'', a business magazine. He is the son of longtime ''Forbes'' publisher [[Malcolm Forbes]] and the grandson of that publication's founder [[B. C. Forbes|B.C. Forbes]]. He is an adviser at the [[Forbes School of Business & Technology]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ashford.edu/online-degrees/forbes-school-of-business-and-technology/board-of-advisors|title=Forbes School of Business & Technology Board of Advisors {{!}} Ashford University|website=www.ashford.edu|access-date=May 12, 2019|archive-date=March 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301060900/https://www.ashford.edu/online-degrees/forbes-school-of-business-and-technology/board-of-advisors|url-status=dead}}</ref> Forbes was a candidate in the [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 1996|1996]]<ref name="wealth">[https://www.foxnews.com/story/mitt-romney-to-report-financial-assets-of-at-least-190-million Mitt Romney to report financial assets of at least $190 million] Fox News</ref> and [[2000 Republican Party presidential primaries|2000 Republican presidential primaries]]. He was also appointed chairman of the [[Board for International Broadcasting]] (BIB) in 1985, and was reappointed again in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steve Forbes {{!}} Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation |url=https://coolidgefoundation.org/steve-forbes/ |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=coolidgefoundation.org}}</ref>
==Early life and education==
Forbes was born in [[Morristown, New Jersey]], to Roberta Remsen ([[married and maiden names|née]] Laidlaw) and [[Malcolm Forbes]].<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1050546,00.html?iid=chix-sphere | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015211703/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1050546,00.html?iid=chix-sphere | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 15, 2007 | magazine=Time | title=Milestones: Nov. 4, 1985 | date=April 18, 2005 | access-date=May 24, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wargs.com/political/forbes.html|title=Ancestry of Steve Forbes (b. 1947)|access-date=October 16, 2015}}</ref> Forbes grew up in [[Far Hills, New Jersey]]. He attended the [[Far Hills Country Day School]] with his longtime friend and future [[governor of New Jersey]] [[Christine Todd Whitman]]. He graduated ''[[cum laude]]'' from [[Brooks School]] in [[North Andover, Massachusetts]], in 1966.
Forbes graduated with an A.B. in history from [[Princeton University]] in 1970 after completing a 75-page long senior thesis titled "Contest for the 1892 Democratic Presidential Nomination."<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Forbes |first=Malcolm S. |date=1970 |title=Contest for the 1892 Democratic Presidential Nomination |url=http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/handle/88435/dsp019w0324139 |degree=AB |publisher=Princeton University}}</ref><ref>[[Elisabeth Bumiller|Bumiller, Elisabeth]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/11/us/politics-on-the-trail-in-political-quest-forbes-runs-in-shadow-of-father.html "Politics: On The Trail; In Political Quest, Forbes Runs in Shadow of Father"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 11, 1996. Accessed December 11, 2007. "Christine Todd, Mr. Forbes's childhood friend from the Far Hills Country Day school, would grow up to become Governor Whitman... His son went off to the Brooks School in North Andover, Mass., then on to Princeton, Malcolm Forbes's alma mater."</ref> While at Princeton, Forbes founded his first magazine, ''[[Business Today (student magazine)|Business Today]]'', with two other students. ''Business Today'' is currently the largest student-run magazine in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulm.edu/lyceum/forbes.html|title=Lyceum Series – March 20, 2007: Steve Forbes |publisher=ULM University of Louisiana at Monroe|access-date=October 16, 2015}}</ref> Forbes is a member of [[Alpha Kappa Psi]] and [[Tau Kappa Epsilon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tke.org/news/2009/08/07/Frater_Steve_Forbes|title=Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity :: News|access-date=October 16, 2015}}</ref> He holds honorary degrees from several universities, including the [[New York Institute of Technology]] and [[Lehigh University]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YrjmlQw8gVIC&q=New+York+Institute+of+Technology+forbes&pg=PT108|title=Forbes Best Business Mistakes: How Today's Top Business Leaders Turned Missteps into Success|author=Sellers, Bob|isbn=9780470768334|date=June 17, 2010|publisher=John Wiley & Sons }}</ref>
== Political career and views ==
===Early political career===
In 1985, President [[Ronald Reagan]] appointed Forbes as head of the [[Board for International Broadcasting|Board of International Broadcasting]] (BIB), which historically managed the operation of [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]. Reagan's successor, [[George H. W. Bush]] reappointed Forbes to the position. Forbes would continue to serve as the BIB's leader until 1993, following the inauguration of [[Bill Clinton]].<ref name="Steve Forbes">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/2002/06/06/sforbes.html?sh=413d8a4d2fba |title=Steve Forbes |date=June 6, 2002 |website=Forbes |access-date=April 7, 2021}}</ref>
Following his career as the BIB's head, Forbes went on to get involved in various [[American conservatism|conservative]] political [[advocacy groups]]. From 1993 to 1996, Forbes was the chairman of the Board of Directors of "Empower America", which later merged with the advocacy group [[FreedomWorks]].<ref name="Steve Forbes"/> Through "Empower America", Forbes became associates with prominent conservative politician [[Jack Kemp]], who would go on to endorse Forbes during the [[1996 Republican Party presidential primaries]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1996/03/07/jack-kemp-endorses-forbes/ |title=Jack Kemp endorses Forbes |date=May 7, 1996 |website=Tampa Bay Times |access-date=April 7, 2021}}</ref> From 1996 to 1999, Forbes also served as honorary chairman of the advocacy group "Americans for Hope, Growth and Opportunity", described as "a grassroots, issues-advocacy organization founded to advance pro-growth, pro-freedom and pro-family issues."<ref name="Steve Forbes"/>
Forbes helped craft [[Christine Todd Whitman]]'s<ref>{{cite news | url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0001/20/cf.00.html | work=CNN | access-date=May 24, 2010 | title=Crossfire | archive-date=March 3, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195354/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0001/20/cf.00.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> plan for a 30% cut in New Jersey's [[income tax]] over three years, and this plan proved to be a major factor in her victory over incumbent Governor [[James Florio]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n21_v47/ai_17929032 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060416095414/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n21_v47/ai_17929032 | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 16, 2006 | title=Welfare states – benefits of tax cuts | work= National Review }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_14_49/ai_59451087/pg_3 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016105846/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_14_49/ai_59451087/pg_3 | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 16, 2007 | title=Nowhere Girl | work= National Review }}</ref> Despite Forbes and Whitman being childhood friends, Forbes would later distance himself from Whitman during his bid for the Republican nomination in 2000 owing to Whitman's [[pro-choice]] stance on [[abortion]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/09/nyregion/whitman-and-forbes-separated-now-by-political-ideology.html|title= Whitman and Forbes, Separated Now by Political Ideology|newspaper= [[The New York Times]]|author= Kocieniewski, David|date= November 9, 1999|access-date= April 7, 2021}}</ref>
===Campaigns for president===
[[File:Forbespres.gif|thumb|right|Logo from 1996 campaign]]
Forbes entered the [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] primaries for [[President of the United States]] in [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 1996|1996]] and [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 2000|2000]], primarily running on a campaign to establish a [[flat tax|flat income tax]] (Forbes's emphasis on the flat tax proposal was so heavy that he was described as a "[[single issue politics|single-issue candidate]]", a label he claimed was inaccurate<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pinkerton |first1=James |title=Win or Lose, Forbes Should Be True to Himself : *GOP: Dissembling to woo the right dilutes his limited government message–and won't work. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-02-09-me-34020-story.html |access-date=April 7, 2021 |agency=The Los Angeles Times |date=February 9, 1996}}</ref>). Forbes believed the American taxation system had become too Byzantine and bureaucratic and was in desperate need of reform and simplification.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steve Forbes on Tax Reform |url=https://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/Steve_Forbes_Tax_Reform.htm |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=www.ontheissues.org}}</ref> Forbes also supported the ideas of reintroducing 4.5% [[mortgages]] and [[term limits]] in 1996; however, he dropped both in 2000, as they were minor planks in his overall platform.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}
When Forbes ran for president in [[1996 United States presidential election|1996]] and [[2000 United States presidential election|2000]], he sold some of his Forbes, Inc. voting shares to other family members to help finance his run. Forbes did not come close to securing the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nomination, despite winning the Arizona and Delaware primaries in 1996 and getting some significant shares of the vote in other primaries. Forbes's "awkward" campaigning style was considered to be a major factor in his defeat.<ref name=iuonv /> ''[[Time Magazine]]'' called his stumping a "comedy-club impression of what would happen if some mad scientist decided to construct a dork robot."<ref name="iuonv">{{cite magazine |author=Trillin |first=Calvin |date=February 26, 1996 |title=Primary Fixation |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,984190,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826044526/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,984190,00.html |archive-date=August 26, 2010 |access-date=March 21, 2011 |magazine=Time |publisher=}}</ref> [[Jeff Lyon]] of ''[[The Chicago Tribune]]'' wrote of Forbes on the campaign trail, "[Forbes] resembles the classic [[wikt:milquetoast|milquetoast]], with a prissy smile, gold-rimmed glasses that make his eyes look smaller, and a stiff way of presenting himself when he works a crowd. He has a cornball style and uses [[preppy|preppie]] slang like 'get real' and 'el zippo' (meaning zero) in speeches."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lyon |first1=Jeff |title=UNLIKELY POPULIST |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-01-26-9601260365-story.html |access-date=April 8, 2021 |agency=The Chicago Tribune |date=January 26, 1996}}</ref> Forbes and his campaign staff were known for travelling between campaign stops via their "big silver bus."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Apple |first1=R.W. |title=POLITICS: STEVE FORBES;Candidate of the Flat Tax Is a Bit of a Flat Campaigner |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/12/us/politics-steve-forbes-candidate-of-the-flat-tax-is-a-bit-of-a-flat-campaigner.html |access-date=April 8, 2021 |agency=The New York Times |date=February 12, 1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Apple |first1=R.W. |title=POLITICS: STEVE FORBES; Delaware Backs Him Because He Was There |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/26/us/politics-steve-forbes-delaware-backs-him-because-he-was-there.html |access-date=April 8, 2021 |agency=The New York Times |date=February 26, 1996}}</ref> For his 2000 presidential campaign, he raised $86,000,000 in campaign contributions, of which $37,000,000 was self-donated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/campaigns/steve_forbes.asp?cycle=00|title=Steve Forbes – $86,012,139 raised, '00 election cycle, Republican Party, President|access-date=October 16, 2015}}</ref>
[[File:Forbes2000.gif|thumb|right|Logo from 2000 campaign]]
After dropping out early in the 2000 primary season, Forbes returned to heading the magazine and company. During the 1996 campaign, insiders at [[Fortune (magazine)|''Fortune'']] alleged that stories about Forbes's advertisers became favorably biased toward them.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/11/us/politics-on-the-trail-in-political-quest-forbes-runs-in-shadow-of-father.html?pagewanted=2 POLITICS: ON THE TRAIL;In Political Quest, Forbes Runs in Shadow of Father]</ref>
Major issues Forbes has supported include [[free trade]], [[health savings account]]s, and allowing people to opt out 75% of [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]] [[payroll tax]]es into personal retirement accounts (PRAs). Forbes supports traditional [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] policies such as downsizing government agencies to balance the budget, tough crime laws, support for the [[death penalty]], and [[school voucher]]s. Forbes opposes [[gun control]] and most government regulation of the environment, as well as [[drug legalization]] and [[same-sex marriage]],<ref>[http://www.ontheissues.org/Steve_Forbes.htm Steve Forbes:On The Issues] OnTheIssues.com</ref> in spite of his father being gay.<ref>Bumiller, Elisabeth. [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/11/us/politics-on-the-trail-in-political-quest-forbes-runs-in-shadow-of-father.html "In Political Quest, Forbes Runs in Shadow of Father"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 11, 1996. Accessed December 14, 2009.</ref> In terms of [[foreign policy]], he called for a "US not [[UN]] foreign policy" (which is composed of anti-[[International Monetary Fund]] sentiments, pro-[[Israel]]i sentiment, opposition to [[Most Favored Nation]] status for the [[People's Republic of China]], and anti-UN sentiment.)
Forbes's flat-tax plan has changed slightly. In 1996, Forbes supported a flat tax of 17% on all personal and corporate earned income ([[unearned income]] such as [[capital gains]], [[pension]]s, [[inheritance]], and [[savings]] would be exempt). However, Forbes supported keeping the first $33,000 of income exempt. In 2000, Forbes maintained the same plan; however, instead of each person receiving an exemption of $33,000, it more closely resembled the Armey Plan (Forbes's version called for a $13,000-per-adult and $5,000-per-dependent deduction). Forbes is very wealthy, with a [[net worth]] in 1996 of $430 million.<ref name="wealth"/> In response to this criticism, Forbes promised in his 2000 campaign to exempt himself from the benefits of the flat tax, although he did support the repeal of the [[Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|16th Amendment]] in a debate with [[Alan Keyes]] the previous year.
In his 2000 campaign, Forbes professed his support for [[social conservatism]] along with his [[supply-side economics]]. Despite holding opposite positions in 1996, for the 2000 campaign Forbes announced he was adamantly opposed to [[abortion]] and supported [[school prayer|prayer]] in [[Public school (government funded)|public schools]]. The previous year Forbes had issued a statement saying he would no longer donate money to [[Princeton University]] because of its hiring of philosopher [[Peter Singer]], who views personhood as being limited to 'sentient' beings and therefore considers some disabled people and all infants to lack this status. Steve Forbes was one of the signers of the Statement of Principles of [[Project for the New American Century]] (PNAC) on June 3, 1997.
===Other political activities===
In 1996, Forbes campaigned on behalf of [[Ron Paul]] in the congressional election for [[Texas's 14th congressional district]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/22/magazine/22Paul-t.html?ei=5124&en=22ee37525a9fc4f5&ex=1343016000&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink&pagewanted=all|work=The New York Times|title=The Antiwar, Anti-Abortion, Anti-Drug-Enforcement-Administration, Anti-Medicare Candidacy of Dr. Ron Paul|date=July 22, 2007|first=Christopher|last=Caldwell|access-date=September 3, 2009}}</ref>
Actor [[Mark McKinney]] played Steve Forbes on the comedy television show ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', a program known for featuring [[political satire]]. In an episode which aired on March 16, 1996—shortly after Forbes dropped out of the 1996 presidential race—McKinney played Forbes in a [[sketch comedy|skit]] in which Forbes purchases land in [[Russia]] to found his own country, called "Forbes America".<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/irusszJHoOc Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210915172249/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irusszJHoOc Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |title=Forbes America – Saturday Night Live |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irusszJHoOc |website=YouTube| date=October 10, 2013 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Forbes himself hosted an episode of ''Saturday Night Live'' that aired on April 13, 1996. The episode featured a skit in which Forbes earnestly wishes to answer the questions of potential voters, but all the questions he receives instead have to do with his enormous personal wealth (for example, with regards to the [[Bosnia War|then ongoing war in Bosnia]], Forbes is asked by an audience member, "Why don't you just buy Bosnia and tell all those people over there that if they don't stop fighting you'll just, you know, throw them the hell out?").<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/T_j43LUbAs0 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210424232218/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_j43LUbAs0 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite news|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_j43LUbAs0&t=90s|title= Steve Forbes Monologue – Saturday Night Live|author= Night Live|date= October 2, 2013|access-date= April 7, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On that same episode, Forbes starred in a skit, playing a [[roofer]], the comedy deriving from Forbes's character being a tough [[blue collar]] worker, a personality which clashes with Forbes's [[nerd]]y, intellectual demeanor and appearance.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/DkcjbfpwZtE Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210424232857/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkcjbfpwZtE Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |title=Roofers Slack Off on the Job – Saturday Night Live |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkcjbfpwZtE |website=YouTube| date=October 3, 2013 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> The episode also featured a skit where the real Forbes interviewed his ''SNL'' counterpart, played by McKinney.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Roy King |first1=Don |title=SNL Transcripts: Steve Forbes: 04/13/96: Forbes On Forbes |url=https://snltranscripts.jt.org/95/95qforbes.phtml |website=SNL Transcripts Tonight |date=October 8, 2018 |access-date=April 8, 2021}}</ref>
In December 2006, Forbes joined the Board of Directors of the advocacy organization [[FreedomWorks]]. Forbes is also on the board of directors of the [[National Taxpayers Union]]. Forbes is also a member of the board of trustees of [[The Heritage Foundation]], an influential [[Washington, D.C.]]–based public policy research institute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heritage.org/About/Departments/trustees.cfm |title=Board of Trustees |work=The Heritage Foundation |access-date=October 16, 2015 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304025805/http://www.heritage.org/About/Departments/trustees.cfm |archive-date=March 4, 2010 }}</ref> Forbes is a frequent panelist on the [[television]] program ''Forbes on Fox'', which also features members of the ''Forbes'' magazine staff and is shown Saturday mornings on [[Fox News Channel]] at 11:00 a.m. [[North American Eastern Time Zone|EST]].
On March 28, 2007, Forbes joined [[Rudy Giuliani]]'s [[Rudy Giuliani presidential campaign, 2008|campaign]] for the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]], serving as a National Co-{{not a typo|Chair}} and Senior Policy Advisor. Later in the 2008 presidential campaign, Forbes served as [[John McCain]]'s economic adviser on taxes, energy and the budget during McCain's bid for the 2008 presidential election.<ref>Goldsmith, Brian [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/steve-forbes-mccain-isnt-bush/ Steve Forbes: McCain Isn't Bush], CBS News.com. July 11, 2008.</ref>
In March 2013, Forbes participated in an [[NPR]] broadcast [[Intelligence Squared]] debate with James Grant, [[Frederic Mishkin]] and John R. Taylor Jr. concerning the motion "Does America Need A Strong Dollar Policy?".<ref>{{Cite news| url =https://www.npr.org/2013/03/18/174639926/does-america-need-a-strong-dollar-policy|title=Does America Need A Strong Dollar Policy?|author= NPR Staff|publisher=[[NPR]] |date =March 18, 2013}}</ref>
Forbes endorsed [[Donald Trump]] in the [[2016 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chason |first1=Rachel |title=Steve Forbes: I support Donald Trump |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/12/politics/donald-trump-steve-forbes/index.html |access-date=29 August 2024 |work=CNN |date=12 July 2016 |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life==
In 1971, he married Sabina Beekman. They have five daughters, including [[Moira Forbes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q1RWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6809,4430594&dq=elizabeth-forbes&hl=en|title=Eugene Register-Guard |access-date=October 16, 2015}}</ref> Forbes appeared alongside his family on ''[[Larry King Live]]'' during his 1996 presidential campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1996/02/19/the-reluctant-debutante/eb09892a-5869-4eb3-a211-a11dbe9a27a9/|title= THE RELUCTANT DEBUTANTE|newspaper= [[The New York Times]]|author= Blumenfeld, Laura|date= February 19, 1996|access-date= April 7, 2021}}</ref> Forbes has been a resident of [[Bedminster, New Jersey]].<ref>Hilzenrath, David S. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/wh2000/stories/forbes081799.htm "No Blank Checks for Forbes"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', August 17, 1999. Accessed October 7, 2018. "To match Bush's record $37 million haul, Forbes could have no choice but to sell part of the family business, liquidate real estate in his home town of Bedminster, N.J., or go heavily into debt."</ref>
Forbes rides [[Amtrak]] trains and was a passenger on board the [[2016 Chester, Pennsylvania, train derailment]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wisner |first=Matthew |date=2016-04-04 |title=Steve Forbes Gives First Hand Account of Deadly Amtrak Derailment |url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/steve-forbes-gives-first-hand-account-of-deadly-amtrak-derailment |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=FOXBusiness |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Steve Forbes on Amtrak Derailment {{!}} C-SPAN.org |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?406130-1/steve-forbes-amtrak-derailment |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=www.c-span.org}}</ref>
==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|first1=Steve|last1=Forbes|title=The New Birth of Freedom: Vision for America|year=1999|publisher=Regnery Publishing|___location=Washington, DC|isbn=978-0895263209|page=[https://archive.org/details/newbirthoffreedo00forb/page/204 204]|oclc=475198964|url=https://archive.org/details/newbirthoffreedo00forb/page/204}}
* {{cite book|first1=Steve|last1=Forbes|title=Flat Tax Revolution: Using a Postcard to Abolish the IRS|year=2005|publisher=Regnery Publishing|___location=Washington, DC|isbn=978-0895260406|page=[https://archive.org/details/flattaxrevolutio00forb/page/216 216]|oclc=60558651|url=https://archive.org/details/flattaxrevolutio00forb/page/216}}
* {{cite book|first1=Steve|last1=Forbes|title=Freedom Manifesto: Why Free Markets Are Moral and Big Government Isn't|year=2012|publisher=Crown Business Publishing|isbn=978-0307951571|page=304}}
*Forbes, Steve; Ames, Elizabeth (2014). ''Money: How the Destruction of the Dollar Threatens the Global Economy – and What We Can Do About It.'' {{ISBN|9780071823708}}.
* {{cite book|title=Reviving America: How Repealing Obamacare, Replacing the Tax Code and Reforming The Fed will Restore Hope and Prosperity|first1=Steve|last1=Forbes|first2=Elizabeth|last2=Ames|year=2015|publisher=McGraw-Hill Education|isbn=978-1259641121|page=224}}
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://search.forbes.com/search/colArchiveSearch?author=Forbes Steve Forbes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208103842/http://search.forbes.com/search/colArchiveSearch?author=Forbes |date=February 8, 2012 }} at [[Forbes]]
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* [http://www.4president.
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* [http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1150 ''RightWeb'' profile of Steve Forbes]
* [http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=steve_forbes Profile: Steve Forbes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004165400/http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=steve_forbes |date=October 4, 2011 }}, ''Center for Cooperative Research''.
* [http://reason.com/forbes.shtml "Capitalist Tool II: Defending Dynamism"], interview with ''[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]'' by [[Virginia Postrel]] and Charles Oliver
* [http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/17/forbes-iran-oil-prices/ "Confront Iran to bring oil prices down" April 2006 from $70+ to $15 per barrel]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LkIPGadeBU Kurt Schemers of Traders Nation Interview of Steve Forbes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227071929/http://www.tradersnation.com/player/?id=184 |date=December 27, 2013 }}
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