Steve Forbes was born on July 18, 1947, in Morristown, New Jersey. In 1973, he began writing his own column for his father's magazine, Forbes. When his father died in 1990, Steve Forbes took over the magazine. In 1993, he founded Empower America. Forbes sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1996 and 2000, but dropped out both times. He became a Freedom Works board member in 2006. Born Into Publishing Empire Born Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Jr. on July 18, 1947, in Morristown, New Jersey, Steve Forbes grew up immersed in the worlds of publishing and politics. His grandfather, B.C. Forbes, was a journalist who founded Forbes magazine. His father, Malcolm Forbes, served as a state senator and had two unsuccessful bids for the New Jersey governorship, in 1953 and 1957. The oldest of five children, Forbes spent much of his early life at the family's estate—called Timberfield—in Far Hills, New Jersey. He left home at the age of 14 to attend the Brooks School, a private boarding sch
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