Fortune November 12 2007

 

Fortune magazine is an American business magazine founded by Henry Luce in 1930. His publishing business, consisting of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated, grew to become Time Warner, the world's largest media conglomerate, before it was acquired by AOL in 2000. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Forbes, which is also published bi-weekly, and BusinessWeek. Fortune is currently published by the company's Time Inc. subsidiary. The magazine is especially known for its annual features ranking companies by revenue.