Definitions for Forbes
forbes

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1. Forbesnoun

   A town in New South Wales, Australia.

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1. Forbes

   Forbes () is an American business magazine owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family. Published eight times a year, it features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. Forbes also reports on related subjects such as technology, communications, science, politics, and law. It is based in Jersey City, New Jersey. Competitors in the national business magazine category include Fortune and Bloomberg Businessweek. Forbes has an international edition in Asia as well as editions produced under license in 27 countries and regions worldwide. The magazine is well known for its lists and rankings, including of the richest Americans (the Forbes 400), of the America's Wealthiest Celebrities, of the world's top companies (the Forbes Global 2000), Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful People, and The World's Billionaires. The motto of Forbes magazine is "Change the World". Its chair and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes, and its CEO is Mike Federle. In 2014, it was sold to a Hong Kong–based investment group, Integrated Whale Media Investments.

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1. Forbes

   Forbes is an American business magazine owned by Forbes, Inc. Published biweekly, it features original articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. Forbes also reports on related subjects such as technology, communications, science, and law. Its headquarters are in New York City. Primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune and Bloomberg Businessweek. The magazine is well known for its lists, including its lists of the richest Americans, highest-paid stars under 30, and its list of billionaires. The motto of Forbes magazine is "The Capitalist Tool". Its editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes and its CEO is Mike Perlis.

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1. FORBES

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Forbes is ranked #1028 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Forbes surname appeared 33,813 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 11 would have the surname Forbes.
   
   70.4% or 23,811 total occurrences were White.
   22.5% or 7,611 total occurrences were Black.
   3.6% or 1,221 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.2% or 751 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.7% or 267 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.4% or 156 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

How to pronounce Forbes?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Forbes in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Forbes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Forbes in a Sentence

1. Robert Orben:

   Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.

2. Michael Cohen:

   It was my experience that Mr. Trump inflated his total assets when it served his purposes, such as trying to be listed among the wealthiest people in Forbes, and deflated his assets to reduce his real estate taxes.

3. Sarah Hansen:

   We're prepared to come to the table in good faith and have a lot of productive discussions and we hope that Forbes does too, there's been a lot of change, and we're joining thousands and thousands of our peers in the same goal to make things more collaborative, more inclusive, more transparent across the board.

4. Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford:

   We are technically not at war, Representative Forbes.

5. Trump Pentagon:

   Today, the Department of Defense announced that it intends to appoint former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich, Ambassador Thomas Carter, Dr. Edward Luttwak, Mr. Scott O'Grady, Mr. Thomas Stewart, the Honorable Randy Forbes, Senator Robert Smith and Ambassador Charles Glazer to the Defense Policy Board.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Forbes
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Forbes
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html