James Michaels - Career

Career

James Michaels stayed with the military until September 1944 when he was released to the Office of War Information. After the war, Mr. Michaels remained in India and worked for the United Press wire service's New Delhi office, giving Mr. Michaels the biggest story of his life; in 1948 he broke the story of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. Mr. Michaels spent over four decades with Forbes magazine, after joining as a reporter in 1954 and rising to managing editor in 1957 where he served until 1961 when he became editor.

Mr. Michaels retired from Forbes Magazine in 1999 and was succeeded as editor by William Baldwin. He left the magazine to help expand the Forbes Inc parent company into new mediums including television, books and new media. During his time as with Forbes, the magazine's circulation grew from 130,000 to 785,000, demonstrating how much readers enjoyed the magazine.

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