Steve Forbes, President and CEO of Forbes, Inc. and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine, will speak with more 100 East High School students at 2 p.m. Monday, May 17. He will discuss today’s economy with the students, many of whom have interacted with local business people to experience Junior Achievement’s lessons in economics and international business.

Forbes is in town as the final speaker for the KeyBank Denver Distinguished Lecture Series, a program of Junior Achievement. His lecture is at 7 p.m., Monday, May 17 at the Boettcher Concert Hall in the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (15-minute lecture and 45-minute audience Q&A). Lecture tickets are still available online at www.denverlectureseries.com or by calling 303-628-7361.

About Steve Forbes:
The grandson of Forbes magazine founder B.C. Forbes and son of magazine heir Malcolm Forbes, Forbes assumed the role of Forbes Editor-in-Chief in 1990. Since that time the publication has expanded with the launch of a variety of new publications including the lifestyle supplement Forbes FYI, a Japanese-language edition of Forbes, the Gilder Technology Report, and Forbes Global Business & Finance. He is the four-time winner of the prestigious Crystal Owl Award for accurate economic forecasts in his regular column, “Fact and Comment.”

About Junior Achievement (JA):
The non-profit organization enables business people to share their success with K-12 students and inspire them to reach their full potential. JA has provided free enterprise, business and economic curriculum locally since 1950 and will reach 72,000 students during the 2003-04 school year in Denver and along the Front Range. For more information, visit www.jacolorado.org or call 303-534-JAJA.

For more information, contact Heather Hope, Junior Achievement Public Relations Manager, (303) 628-7371-work, (303) 875-2079-cell, hhope@jacolorado.org.