Michael Federle

Michael Federle is an American manager and publisher, since 2017 the chief executive officer of Forbes Media. Under his leadership Forbes used the wide licensing strategy and created about 40 local editions in 70 countries, and Forbes brand extensions in education, financial services, etc. Recently he prepares Forbes for the IPO to enter the New York Stock Exchange.

Education He attended Tulane University until 1979 and graduated from Colby College in 1981.

Career Main roles have included: from 1983: sales and marketing management roles on magazine publishing at Time Inc. and Ziff Davis 1999 – Publisher at Fortune magazine 2006 – Group publisher at Time Inc. Business and Finance Network 2008 – Chief executive officer of B2B networks at Next Jump 2009 – Group publisher at Bonnier Corporation 2010 – President and chief operating officer at Techonomy Media Forbes Media: 2011 – Chief operating officer 2016 – President and chief operating officer 2017 – Chief executive officer