Malcolm Forbes
Overview
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes (August 19, 1919 – February 24, 1990) was publisher of Forbes magazine, founded by his father B. C. Forbes
B. C. Forbes
Bertie Charles Forbes was a Scottish financial journalist and author who founded Forbes Magazine.-Life and career:He was born in New Deer, Aberdeenshire, in Scotland...

 and today run by his son Steve Forbes
Steve Forbes
Malcolm Stevenson "Steve" Forbes, Jr. is an American editor, publisher, and businessman. He is the editor-in-chief of business magazine Forbes as well as president and chief executive officer of its publisher, Forbes Inc. He was a Republican candidate in the U.S. Presidential primaries in 1996...

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Forbes was born in Brooklyn on August 19, 1919 to B. C. Forbes
B. C. Forbes
Bertie Charles Forbes was a Scottish financial journalist and author who founded Forbes Magazine.-Life and career:He was born in New Deer, Aberdeenshire, in Scotland...

 and Adelaide Stevenson. He graduated from the Lawrenceville School
Lawrenceville School
The Lawrenceville School is a coeducational, independent preparatory boarding school for grades 9–12 located on in the historic community of Lawrenceville, in Lawrence Township, New Jersey, U.S., five miles southwest of Princeton....

 and Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....

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After dabbling in politics, including service in the New Jersey Senate
New Jersey Senate
The New Jersey Senate was established as the upper house of the New Jersey Legislature by the Constitution of 1844, replacing the Legislative Council. From 1844 until 1965 New Jersey's counties elected one Senator, each. Under the 1844 Constitution the term of office was three years. The 1947...

 from 1951 to 1957 and candidacy for Governor of New Jersey
Governor of New Jersey
The Office of the Governor of New Jersey is the executive branch for the U.S. state of New Jersey. The office of Governor is an elected position, for which elected officials serve four year terms. While individual politicians may serve as many terms as they can be elected to, Governors cannot be...

, he committed to the magazine full time by 1957, three years after his father's death.
Quotations

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

Being right half the time beats being half-right all the time.

By the time we've made it, we've had it.

Contrary to the cliché, genuinely nice guys most often finish first or very near it.

Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.

Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

Variants: The goal of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one. The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

Elected leaders who forget how they got there won't the next time.

Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.

Executives who get there and stay suggest solutions when they present the problems.

 
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