Rich Karlgaard is the publisher of Forbes magazine, where he writes a column known for its witty and honest assessment of current business issues. He is a regular panelist on the Fox News Channel's Forbes on FOX and a frequent guest analyst on CNBC's The Kudlow Report. Karlgaard co-founded Silicon Valley's leading public affairs organization, the 6,500-member Churchill Club, for which he shared Ernst & Young's "Entrepreneur of the Year Award." Karlgaard's most recent book, Life 2.0, was a Wall Street Journal business bestseller. Karlgaard was born and raised in Bismarck, N.D., and earned a B.A. in political science from Stanford.