Andrea Murphy is the Statistics Editor who oversees lists like the Global 2000 and America’s Largest Private Companies. She also works on The Forbes 400 and World’s Billionaires lists. Based in Massachusetts, she joined Forbes in 2000 and can be reached at amurphy@forbes.com.
How We Crunch The Numbers: The 2026 Global 2000 Methodology
Methodology for Forbes' 23rd Global 2000 list.
How Self-Made Are America’s Richest Self-Made Women?
Some of these billionaire entrepreneurs, executives and entertainers traveled a long distance to the top. Others, not so much.
Forbes’ Ranking Of America’s Richest Self-Made Women 2026
It was a banner year for the country’s most successful women with a record number of billionaires, soaring fortunes thanks to AI and an all-time high in total wealth.
America’s Most Valuable Private Family Businesses 2026
For the first time, Forbes ranks the nation’s most valuable privately owned family businesses —including the companies behind Chick-fil-A, M&M’s and Windex.
America’s Most Valuable Public Family Businesses 2026
For the first time, Forbes ranks the nation’s most valuable public family businesses —including the companies behind M·A·C cosmetics, Jimmy Dean breakfast foods and Orkin pest control.