Forbes Women Forum

What Forbes Women Forum does

Forbes Women Forum is described as a community for ambitious and entrepreneurial-minded women driving change through business, launched in 2007. However, no separate legal entity called 'Forbes Women Forum' was identified in the source data; the corresponding offering, ForbesWomen, operates as an editorial vertical and newsletter within Forbes Media LLC — the privately held parent company founded in 1917 by B.C. Forbes as a financial magazine. ForbesWomen is positioned under the Forbes.com Leadership category and produces franchises such as 'America's Richest Self-Made Women,' 'America's Most Powerful Women In Sports,' and women's coverage within the '30 Under 30' lists, targeting female executives, entrepreneurs, and investors globally.

Forbes Media LLC is the legal entity behind ForbesWomen, domiciled in Delaware, USA, and majority-owned since 2014 by Integrated Whale Media Investments (formerly Forbes Holdings LLC), with the Forbes family retaining a minority stake. The broader Forbes Media portfolio includes core operating subsidiaries such as ForbesAsia, ForbesLife, Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes Books, Forbes Global Properties, and Forbes Global Talent, alongside adjacent digital businesses Forbes Advisor (operated by Forbes Digital Marketing Holdings Limited) and ForbesPredict (operated by Axiomcasts LLC). ForbesWomen benefits from this multi-vertical ecosystem, with content distributed via Forbes.com and the brand's owned social channels including LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, and X.

ForbesWomen's monetization operates within Forbes Media's broader revenue model, which combines programmatic native advertising through BrandVoice paid programs (with advertisers including Deloitte, Dell Technologies, AWS, Workday, TikTok, and American Cancer Society), subscription-based Unlimited Access offerings, and event/newsletter sign-ups. No standalone pricing, subscription tier, or revenue figures are disclosed specifically for ForbesWomen. The asset has global reach across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa, leveraging Forbes Media's presence in 14+ countries.

Name

Forbes Women Forum

Legal name

Forbes Media LLC

Website

https://forbes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1917

Operating status

Operating

Short description

ForbesWomen is an editorial vertical and community within Forbes Media LLC targeting female executives, entrepreneurs, and investors. It produces leadership franchises such as self-made women lists and 30 Under 30 coverage, distributed globally via Forbes.com and owned social channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Media

NAICS

Information (51), Business Associations (813910)

akta.pro primary industry

Women’s Interest & Parenting Magazines (MPAJAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Executive Summits & Invitation-Only Forums (MPAGAGAK), Executive Leadership Summits (C-Suite, Board, Strategy Offsites) (THAHAMAA)

Keywords

• Women's leadership content
• Business media publishing
• Editorial newsletters
• Executive community
• Digital news media

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations

Core offering

ForbesWomen (referenced as "Forbes Women Forum") is a digital editorial vertical within Forbes Media LLC that publishes news articles, profiles, list features, and newsletters focused on women's business leadership, entrepreneurship, and career advancement. It functions as a community destination for ambitious and entrepreneurial-minded women who are changing the world through business, delivered through Forbes.com, email newsletters, and Forbes's social media channels. The ForbesWomen's Summit/event series has been part of the offering since 2007.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ForbesWomen Editorial Section and Community A digital editorial destination within Forbes.com delivering news, profiles, list features, and community content focused on women's business leadership, entrepreneurship, and career advancement. Target audience: ambitious, entrepreneurial-minded women in business and the broader Forbes audience interested in women's leadership coverage.
• Forbes Newsletter Subscriptions

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Ellevate Network: Ellevate is a global professional women's community offering networking, mentorship, and events — targeting the same ambitious executive-women demographic as ForbesWomen Forum.
• Fortune (Most Powerful Women): Fortune runs the 'Most Powerful Women' franchise and dedicated women's leadership editorial and events coverage directly competitive with ForbesWomen's community and summit offerings.
• Chief: Chief is a membership-based peer community and events platform for senior executive women, directly comparable to the ForbesWomen forum/networking thesis and to the high-end women's leadership events segment.
• Lean In: Sheryl Sandberg-founded organization operating Lean In Circles, leadership content, and research targeting working professional women, comparable in community/membership model to ForbesWomen.

Broad incumbents

• Bloomberg Media: Bloomberg is a global business publisher with women-focused editorial and events (Bloomberg 50, keynote coverage) comparable in scale and audience to ForbesWomen's ambitions.
• The Wall Street Journal (Women in the Economy coverage): WSJ covers women's leadership through dedicated editorial and events (WSJ Women In series) and competes for premium sponsorship dollars targeting executive women readers.
• Inc. / Working Mother Media: Inc. and Working Mother Media publish women's business interest content and events and compete for the same entrepreneur-and-executive-women audience as ForbesWomen from within a broader B2B media portfolio.
• Business Insider (Insider) — women-focused verticals: Business Insider operates broad business journalism alongside dedicated women's-leadership coverage and personality profiles, competing for the same ForbesWomen's reader demographic.

Emerging players

• The Female Lead: The Female Lead is an independent media platform and book publisher celebrating women in leadership, intersecting thematically with ForbesWomen's editorial and brand-mission positioning.
• Morning Brew (B2B media for working professionals): Morning Brew has expanded into women-focused newsletters (e.g., thePortal) and newsletter-led professional communities, comparable to the ForbesWomen newsletter/community angle.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/forbes
• Facebookfacebook.com/forbes
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/forbes
• Instagraminstagram.com/forbes

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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