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Prior to departing Forbes Media, Forbes has entered the commercial real estate market with the September 2013 announcement of the first Forbes Media Tower to be built in the Philippines. The tower will be built in Makati in partnership with Century Properties. According to Forbes, additional Forbes Media Towers, offering office space, state-of-the-art communications technology, transportation services, and other amenities to world business leaders, are planned for the near future in cities strategically located throughout the world to facilitate international business and trade. 

Forbes also co-founded Planetary Power, a sustainable energy company, in 2007 to address the world’s energy challenges with affordable renewable power available around the clock. In 2011, Forbes co-founded Startle.com, online home of the Forbes Travel Guide, with Jeff Arnold (founder of WebMD) and is a member of the board of directors.

Prior to departing Forbes Media, Forbes has entered the commercial real estate market with the September 2013 announcement of the first Forbes Media Tower to be built in the Philippines. The tower will be built in Makati in partnership with Century Properties. According to Forbes, additional Forbes Media Towers, offering office space, state-of-the-art communications technology, transportation services, and other amenities to world business leaders, are planned for the near future in cities strategically located throughout the world to facilitate international business and trade.

Forbes also initiated a partnership in 2014 that brought the Forbes brand into the mobile commerce market. A licensing agreement between Forbes and payment solutions provider Lotaris created Forbes Digital Commerce, which focuses on mobile payment applications and works with such platforms as MasterCard’s MasterPass in-app payment solution.