Rich Karlgaard Bio, Age, Height, Wife, Salary, Net Worth, Forbes Magazine

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Rich Karlgaard Biogarphy

Rich Karlgaard is a renowned American journalist, award-winning entrepreneur, speaker, and bestselling author. He is currently serving as a Forbes Magazine publisher since July 1998. Moreover, he works at the Forbes School of Business & Technology as a current advisor. Previously, he worked as the creator at Upside Magazine alongside Anthony B. Perkins. Furthermore, he has published three books.

Rich Karlgaard Age

Rich Karlgaard was born on 9th August 1954, in Bismarck, North Dakota, in the United States of America. He is 68 years old.

Rich Karlgaard Height

Rich has a height of 5 feet 7 inches (Approx 1.70 m).

Rich Karlgaard Family

Rich was born to his stalwart and caring father and mother in Bismarck, North Dakota, in the United States of America. He is the proud son of Pat (Hook) Karlgaard and Dick Karlgaard. His dad served as a physical education teacher, a multi-sport athlete, and a coach while his mom was a homemaker. Moreover, Rich was raised alongside his handsome brother Dr. Joe Karlgaard, who is working at Rice University as the Athletic Director.

Rich Karlgaard Wife

He is blissfully hitched to his exquisite wife named Majorie Unsoeld Karlgaard. The lovely couple is the parents of two appealing children and they live in Northern California. In 2001, Rich received his private pilot’s certificate and an instrument rating in the year 2002.

Rich Karlgaard Education

He attended Bismarck High and graduated with a high school diploma in 1972. During his time, he was named a three-year letterman in track and cross-country. Rich joined Bismarck State College on a track scholarship. Later, he transferred to Stanford University where he attained a B.A. degree in Political Science.

Rich Karlgaard Salary

He bags a satisfactory salary of $84,320 annually.  This is according to Forbes Magazine publishers’ salaries.

Rich Karlgaard Net Worth

From his successful work, Rich has managed to garner a decent fortune and has an estimated net worth of $1.5 Million.

Rich Karlgaard Books

Rich has authored three books including:

  • Life 2.0 in 2004
  • The Soft Edge in 2013
  • Late Bloomers in 2019

Rich Karlgaard Career

Rich is currently serving as a Forbes Magazine publisher since July 1998. Moreover, he works at the Forbes School of Business & Technology as a current advisor. He started writing a column entitled Digital Rules. In 2014, Rich received an honorary doctorate from Northcentral University. Previously, he worked as the creator at Upside Magazine alongside Anthony B. Perkins.

Upon graduating, he served at Runner’s World magazine as an editorial assistant. Furthermore, he worked for the Electric Power Research Institute as a technical writer. Additionally, Rich met Anthony B. Perkins and they launched the Churchill Club in 1985. At the moment, the Club has over 7,500 members.

In 1989, the two also launched Upside Magazine together. The magazine was published from 1989 to 2002 and had a circulation of over 300,000 subscribers. Moreover, Rich left Upside Magazine in 1992 to create Forbes ASAP, along with George Gilder and Steve Forbes.

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