About Us

Our history

Henry Robinson Luce founded Fortune magazine in 1929 as a result of the depression of Briton Hadden, a depression of the Great Depression and Yale. Luce said that Fortune should be an "ideal super class magazine" for "wealthy and influential people". Turn the page. Then, by turning over the page, his readers will discover the contents of such an editorial of vitality to arrest. $ 10 per year, "With a very high barriers, only enthusiastic and wealthy readers will protect it"

From February 1930, the first issue of 'Fortune' circulating Roman goddess Fortuna was distributed to subscribers. (This magazine was initially not open to the newsstand). The first editor-in-chapter was Parker Lloyd-Smith and the first editor-in-chief was Thomas Maitland Cleland. Fortune's first headquarters was in Chrysler Building on 135 East 42nd Street in New York. After that we moved to the 1271 Avenue of the Americas Time-Life building and now headquartered at 225 Liberty Street.

Fortune's pages are full of works of world's leading writers, editors, illustrators and photographers. Among them: Ansel Adams, James Age, Constantin Alaha Rof, John Atherton, Herbert Bayer, Leicester Beer, Thomas Ben Rimo, Joseph Binder, Margaret Bark White, A. Cassandre, Thomas · Maitland · Cleoland, Miguel · Covarubias, Walker · Evans, George · Gusty, Ernest Hemingway, Aldred Kazan, Fernand Leger, Fred Rudkenz, Dwight · Macdonald, Archibald MacLeish, Erik Nitsche , Min 'Pellice, Miné Benzio, Anton Petrio, Anton Minio Shahn, and Charles Sealer.

Today, Fortune is one of the world's leading business media brands, consisting of multinational monthly magazines, daily websites, and conference series. It is owned by Fortune Media Group Holdings Limited, wholly owned by Chatchaval Jiaravanon and published by Meredith Corporation. We have offices in Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco.

Our mission
An overview of Fortune's mission is in the sidebar seeking subscriptions to Volume 1, Volume 1 of the magazine.

"The purpose of FORTUNE is to reflect industrial life in ink and paper, words and pictures.The highest skyscraper will reflect it in stone, steel and architecture.For business, you can fly FORTUNE to the plane FORTUNE is forced to look into the face of a splendid furnace and banker FORTUNE goes to the edge of the new world than Columbus found You have to chase a chemist and jog over a desert in Nevada with a freight car FORTUNE is involved in the flapper's fashion and glass made from sand It's in millions of cans Stuffed and saluted by the executive board at the top of a skyscraper The mountain decreases, the river changes flow, and 30 million people gather at the cinema every night. FORTUNE Inquire with all the problems with infinite curiosity, and above all, FORTUNE makes the discovery clear, consistent, vivid, and reading it is all in the life of all subscribers It may be one of the most important pleasures in. "