About Steve Forbes
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Jr. (; born July 18, 1947) is an American publisher, businessman, and politician who is the chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes, the business magazine. The son of longtime Forbes publisher Malcolm Forbes and the grandson of that publication's founder B.C. Forbes, he is an adviser at the Forbes School of Business & Technology. Forbes has served as head of the Board of International Broadcasting (BIB), and was a candidate in the 1996 and 2000 Republican presidential primaries and is known for his flat-tax plan which supported a flat tax of 17% on all personal and corporate earned income and keeping the first $33,000 of income exempt. Forbes hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live that aired on April 13, 1996, shortly after dropping out of the race that year. A Princeton graduate like his father, he holds honorary degrees from several universities, including the New York Institute of Technology and Lehigh University. Actor Mark McKinney played Steve Forbes on the comedy television show Saturday Night Live, a program known for featuring political satire. However, Forbes supported keeping the first $33,000 of income exempt. Forbes is very wealthy, with a net worth in 1996 of $430 million. Through "Empower America", Forbes became associates with prominent conservative politician Jack Kemp, who would go on to endorse Forbes during the 1996 Republican Party presidential primaries.
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