Steve Forbes To Address Graduate Class Of 2006
May 17 at 7 p.m.
Steve Forbes and Wilson Greatbatch, inventor of the cardiac pacemaker and lithium battery, will receive honorary degrees at the ceremony.
Named president and CEO of Forbes in 1990, he launched Forbes.com in 1996. The Web site publishes 1,500 new business, technology, finance and lifestyle articles a day, and with more than 10 million visitors a month, it is the premier Web site for senior business decision-makers and investors.
To further expand its media platform, Forbes partnered with FOX News Channel in 2001 to produce “Forbes on FOX,” and TRN Enterprises in 2005 to launch “Forbes on Radio.” Both programs debate current financial issues with guests from Forbes’ editorial staff and business leaders.
Forbes magazine remains the company’s flagship operation and one that has experienced unprecedented growth with Steve Forbes at the helm. Circulation for the bi-weekly magazine totals 900,000, making it the leading business publication in the nation, and the most trusted resource for business and investment leaders. In 2005, the company further expanded its publishing exposure with the introduction of Forbes Asia. Together, Forbes, Forbes Asia and the company’s seven other local-language editions reach a worldwide audience of more than five million readers.
As the magazine’s editor-in-chief, Steve Forbes regularly contributes a column called “Fact and Comment,” where he writes uncompromising commentary about industry trends and forecasts how they will affect the future of global business and government. Forbes is a four-time recipient of the prestigious Crystal Owl Award, presented to the financial journalist whose economic calculations prove most accurate.
In both 1996 and 2000, Forbes expended millions of his personal fortune to campaign for the Republican nomination for presidency. Key to his platform were a flat income tax, medical savings accounts, a new Social Security system for working Americans, parental choice of schools for their children, term limits and a strong national defense. He continues to energetically promote his agenda today, as the author of Flat Tax Revolution: Using a Postcard to Abolish the IRS and A New Birth of Freedom.
Vice president of the Forbes Foundation, he has supported hundreds of national institutions and organizations and also annually contributes a percentage of his personal income to charity.
Forbes holds a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University.
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Canisius College is one of 28 Jesuit colleges in the nation and the premier private college in Western New York. Canisius prepares leaders - intelligent, caring, faithful individuals able to pursue and promote excellence in their professions, their communities and their service to humanity.
Date released: 3/20/2006
