FORA.tv Speaker - Rich Karlgaard

Rich Karlgaard is the publisher of Forbes, the nation's highest-circulation business publication, and editor of Forbes ASAP, a magazine covering the major developments, trends and implications of the Information Age. Before starting ASAP, Karlgaard co-founded and edited Upside magazine, a monthly publication covering the computer industry and high-tech investments. Karlgaard also co-founded the 2,500 member Churchill Club, a nonprofit public affairs organization in Silicon Valley. For this effort, he was named a Northern California winner of the 1997 Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" award. In 1997, Karlgaard co-founded garage.com, a leading Web-based startup capital firm. He is a regular guest on CNN/FN's "Digital Jam" and has written several Manager's Journal columns for The Wall Street Journal. He earned his degree at Stanford.