Steve Forbes

Malcolm Stevenson "Steve" Forbes, Jr. (/fɔːrbz/; born July 18, 1947) is an American publishing executive who was twice a candidate for the nomination of the Republican Party for president. He is the editor-in-chief of business magazine Forbes. He was a Republican candidate in the 1996 and 2000 presidential primaries. He is the son of longtime Forbes publisher Malcolm Forbes and the grandson of that publication's founder, B.C. Forbes.

Early life

Forbes was born in Morristown, New Jersey, to Roberta Remsen (née Laidlaw) and Malcolm Forbes. Forbes grew up wealthy in the town of Far Hills, New Jersey.

Education

Forbes attended the prestigious Far Hills Country Day School.

In 1966, he graduated cum laude from Brooks School in North Andover, Massachusetts, and from Princeton University in 1970. While at Princeton, Forbes founded his first magazine, Business Today, with two other students. Business Today is currently the largest student-run magazine in the world. Forbes is a member of Alpha Kappa Psi and Tau Kappa Epsilon. He holds honorary degrees from several universities, including New York Institute of Technology and Lehigh University.

Steve Forbes (basketball)

Steve Forbes (born March 22, 1965) is an American college basketball head coach for the East Tennessee State men's basketball team. His Division I experience includes five years at Tennessee, two seasons at Texas A&M, one year at Illinois State, three years at Louisiana Tech, and one year at Idaho.

Early life

A native of Lone Tree, Iowa, Forbes graduated from Southern Arkansas University with a degree in secondary education in 1988. A former baseball student-athlete for the Muleriders, Forbes spent one year at his alma mater as the sports information director before embarking on a coaching career.

Coaching career

Early career

After spending two years (1989–91) as an assistant coach at Southwestern Community College in Creston, Iowa, Forbes was promoted to head coach in March 1991. In 1993 Forbes started coaching as an assistant at Barton County Community College in Great Bend, Kansas, and then was promoted to the head coach of the team in 1995. During his three seasons competing in the Jayhawk Conference, the Cougars produced three All-Americas, twice finished the season with a national ranking and earned victories over 15 nationally-ranked teams. Overall, he compiled a 68-28 record in three years (1995–98) as the head coach of the Cougars.

Steve Forbes (boxer)

Stephen Felipe Forbes, better known as Stevie Forbes or Two-pound, (born February 26, 1977 in Portland, Oregon), is a professional boxer. He is a former IBF and USBA Super Featherweight titleholder. Forbes is known as "2 pounds" in recognition of the fact that he was born weighing only 2 pounds. Forbes has 3 children, Sentierra Forbes, Kayden Forbes, and Mariana Forbes.

Amateur career

Forbes began boxing when he was 10 years old, training at the Matt Dishman Community Center on the Knott ST Boxing Team.

Professional career

Forbes turned pro in 1996 at the age of nineteen, and ran off fifteen consecutive wins to begin his career before losing on March 11, 2000 against former WBC Featherweight champion, Mexican Alejandro Martín González.

After a few comeback fights, Forbes received a shot at the USBA super featherweight title shot. On September 17, 2000, Forbes faced David Santos and won the title over twelve rounds by scores of 117–111, 118–110 and 120–108.

Capturing the title

Steve Forbes (footballer)

Steven Dudley Forbes (born 24 December 1975) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Born in Stoke Newington, London, Forbes played for Football League clubs including Millwall, Colchester United and Peterborough United. He made just under 100 Football League appearances.

Forbes began his career at Sittingbourne, before being purchased by Millwall for £50,000. He made five league substitute appearances during his time with Millwall, before signing for Colchester United. He had his best spell whilst with the U's, helping them secure promotion via the 1997–98 Division Three playoffs and scoring four goals in 56 league appearances, 36 of which were starts. He went out on loan during the 1998–99 season to Peterborough, where he made three appearances before returning to Colchester. He was signed by Stevenage Borough in April 2000 after being released, and later signed for Dagenham & Redbridge in the summer of 2000. He subsequently joined Hendon and also made appearances for Billericay Town. He was last seen playing for Eastleigh in 2007.