BGR Group (previously Barbour, Griffith & Rogers ) is a lobbying and communications firm based in Washington, D.C. , with offices in London , Beijing and Austin, Texas . Founded in 1991 by former White House aides Ed Rogers and Haley Barbour , the firm was joined by Lanny Griffith to form Barbour Griffith & Rogers (BGR Group). In 2019, BGR was recognized by both The Hill and Bloomberg as a "Top Performing Lobbying Firm".
30-582: The firm was founded in 1991 by Haley Barbour and Ed Rogers, who had worked with each other in the administration of Ronald Reagan. Lanny Griffith joined the following year, and the firm was named Barbour Griffith & Rogers. The firm had close ties to the Republican political establishment and by 1998 had been named by Fortune Magazine as one of the most influential lobbying firms in Washington. Barbour publicly stated that he had divested himself of his stake in
60-731: A coronary occlusion on February 28, 1967 in Phoenix, Arizona . He was 68. At his death, he was said to be worth $ 100 million in Time Inc. stock. Most of his fortune went to the Henry Luce Foundation. He was honored by the United States Postal Service with a 32¢ Great Americans series (1980–2000) postage stamp. Luce was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame. The Henry Luce Foundation , Inc.
90-561: A paywall . Fortune Indonesia is an American global business magazine headquartered in New York City and published for the Indonesian region. It is published by Fortune Media Group Holdings, a global business media company. FORTUNE Indonesia is available in print version every month as well as an online news portal. Currently, Fortune Indonesia is led by Editor-in-Chief Hendra Soeprajitno. Fortune regularly publishes ranked lists. In
120-406: A stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Fortune (magazine) Fortune (stylized in all caps ) is an American global business magazine headquartered in New York City . It is published by Fortune Media Group Holdings, a global business media company. The publication was founded by Henry Luce in 1929. The magazine competes with Forbes and Bloomberg Businessweek in
150-529: A "distinguished and de luxe" publication "vividly portraying, interpreting and recording the Industrial Civilization". Briton Hadden , Luce's business partner, was not enthusiastic about the idea – which Luce originally thought to title Power – but Luce went forward with it after Hadden's sudden death on February 27, 1929. In late October 1929, the Wall Street Crash of 1929 occurred, marking
180-538: A scholarship student he was isolated from the upper-class boys. He was subsidized by an elderly Chicago heiress, Nancy Fowler McCormick , who favored sons of missionaries. Applying himself to study, Luce quickly became the top student. He was especially strong in languages, studying Greek, Latin, French, and German, and already knowing Chinese. He edited the Hotchkiss Literary Monthly . There, he first met Briton Hadden ; they became best friends. Hotchkiss
210-461: A stable of magazines that transformed journalism and the reading habits of millions of Americans. Time summarized and interpreted the week's news; Life was a picture magazine of politics, culture, and society that dominated American visual perceptions in the era before television; Fortune reported on national and international business; and Sports Illustrated explored the world of sports. Counting his radio projects and newsreels , Luce created
240-608: A tight primary election race against Tea Party candidate, Chris McDaniel . In April 2015, the Government of South Korea retained BGR for public relations and image building. Since 2015, BGR has worked for American Ethane . BGR has worked for numerous Russian firms to the Vladimir Putin regime and Russian oligarchs . In 2016, BGR worked for Alfa-Bank and hired Mandiant to support Alfa-Bank. In 2021, BGR Group received $ 600,000 from LetterOne , an investment company associated with
270-619: Is "editor-in-chief". Henry Luce Henry Robinson Luce (April 3, 1898 – February 28, 1967) was an American magazine magnate who founded Time , Life , Fortune , and Sports Illustrated magazines. He has been called "the most influential private citizen in the America of his day". Born in Shandong , China, to Presbyterian parents, Luce moved to the US at the age of 15 and later attended Yale University . He launched and closely supervised
300-785: The University of Oxford , but he was admitted to the university and paid his way. He spent the year travelling Europe, observing the post-World War I scene closely. He returned to the United States to take a newspaper job in Chicago as a junior reporter. Nightly discussions of the concept of a news magazine led Luce and Hadden, both age 23, to quit their jobs in 1922. Later that same year, they partnered with Robert Livingston Johnson and another Yale classmate to form Time Inc. Luce, supported by editor-in-chief T. S. Matthews , appointed Whittaker Chambers as acting Foreign News editor in 1944, despite
330-571: The human resources field, for example, it publishes a list of the Best Companies to Work For . Lists include companies ranked in order of gross revenue and business profile, as well as business leaders: There have been 20 top editors since Fortune was conceived in 1929. Following the elimination of the editor-in-chief role at Time Inc. in October 2013, the top editor's title was changed from "managing editor" to "editor" in 2014. The present title
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#1732884127830360-632: The Great Depression, the magazine developed a reputation for its social conscience , for Walker Evans and Margaret Bourke-White 's color photographs, and for a team of writers including James Agee , Archibald MacLeish , John Kenneth Galbraith , and Alfred Kazin , hired specifically for their writing abilities. The magazine became an important leg of Luce's media empire; after the successful launch of Time in 1923 and Fortune in 1930, Luce went on to launch Life in 1936 and Sports Illustrated in 1954. From its launch in 1930 to 1978, Fortune
390-717: The Japanese. (The Chiangs appeared in the cover of Time eleven times between 1927 and 1955.) Luce authored an editorial for Life in 1941, titled " The American Century ", in which he defined the role of U.S. foreign policy for the remainder of the 20th century. Luce met his first wife, Lila Hotz, while he was studying at Yale University in 1919. They married in 1923 and had two children, Peter Paul and Henry Luce III, before divorcing in 1935. In 1935, he married his second wife, Clare Boothe Luce , who had an 11-year-old daughter, Ann Clare Brokaw , whom he raised as his own. Luce died of
420-596: The Vladimir Putin regime in Russia. BGR has lobbied on behalf of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In 2016, BGR Group signed a contract worth $ 500,000 to provide "public relations and media management services for The Center [for Studies and Media Affairs at The Saudi Royal Court], which includes both traditional and social media forums". BGR dropped Saudi Arabia as a client following the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. BGR
450-660: The company after his election as governor of Mississippi in 2004. The New Republic , however, received a copy of the blind trust he set up, which revealed shares in the parent company that owned BGR at the time. TNR reporters stated they observed Barbour entering the DC offices of BGR in June 2007. Bloomberg reported that Barbour was set to receive $ 300,000 per year from the trust. Several of the firms involved in cleanup of Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi were also clients of BGR. Barbour still retained
480-416: The cover of the first issue with the $ 1 price because no one had yet decided how much to charge; the magazine was printed before anyone realized it, and when people saw it for sale, they thought that the magazine must really have worthwhile content. In fact, there were 30,000 subscribers who had already signed up to receive that initial 184-page issue. By 1937, the number of subscribers had grown to 460,000, and
510-539: The economy with added graphs, charts, and tables, as well as the addition of articles on topics such as executive life and social issues connected to the world of business, including the effectiveness of public schools and on homelessness. During the years when Time Warner owned Time Inc., Fortune articles (as well as those from Money magazine) were hosted at CNNMoney.com . In June 2014, after Time Inc. spun off from its corporate parent, Fortune launched its own website at Fortune.com. On November 26, 2017, it
540-508: The feuds that Chambers had with reporters in the field. Luce, who remained editor-in-chief of all his publications until 1964, maintained a position as an influential member of the Republican Party . An instrumental figure behind the so-called " China Lobby ", he played a large role in steering American foreign policy and popular sentiment in favor of Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek and his wife, Soong Mei-ling , in their war against
570-533: The firm. In 2001, BGR represented Microsoft in its antitrust battle with the U.S. Department of Justice and Fortune Magazine ranked it Washington's most-influential lobbying firm. In 2013 the firm was paid $ 13.7 million for lobbying and its three largest clients were the Republic of India , Ukraine , Chevron Corp. , and the State of Kazakhstan . In 2014, BGR supported Republican senator Thad Cochran , while he fought
600-652: The first multimedia corporation. He envisaged that the United States would achieve world hegemony, and in 1941 he declared the 20th century would be the " American Century ". Luce was born in Tengchow, Shandong , China , now Penglai , on April 3, 1898, the son of Elizabeth Root Luce and Henry Winters Luce , who was a Presbyterian missionary. At 15, he was sent to the U.S. to attend the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut, where he tried hard to overcome his stuttering. As
630-490: The magazine had turned half million dollars in annual profit. At a time when business publications were little more than numbers and statistics printed in black and white, Fortune was an oversized 11" × 14", using creamy heavy paper, and art on a cover printed by a special process. Fortune was also noted for its photography, featuring the work of Margaret Bourke-White , Ansel Adams , and others. Walker Evans served as its photography editor from 1945 to 1965. During
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#1732884127830660-674: The national business magazine category and distinguishes itself with long, in-depth feature articles. The magazine regularly publishes ranked lists including ranking companies by revenue such as in the Fortune 500 that it has published annually since 1955, and in the Fortune Global 500 . The magazine is also known for its annual Fortune Investor's Guide . Fortune was founded by Time magazine co-founder Henry Luce in 1929, who declared it as "the Ideal Super-Class Magazine",
690-706: The onset of the Great Depression . In a memo to the Time Inc. board in November 1929, Luce wrote: "We will not be over-optimistic. We will recognize that this business slump may last as long as an entire year." The publication made its official debut in February 1930. Its editor was Luce, managing editor Parker Lloyd-Smith, and art director Thomas Maitland Cleland . Single copies of the first issue cost US$ 1 (equivalent to $ 18 in 2023). An urban legend says that Cleland mocked up
720-620: The students joined the army; the rest, including Luce, joined the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) and attended class in uniform. Luce also joined Alpha Delta, a minor fraternity. His grades remained top-level, and every spare hour was devoted to newspaper work. Luce and Hadden were the two outstanding journalists; when the vote came in January 1918 for chairmanship of the News, Hadden beat Luce by one vote. Luce instead became managing editor and
750-684: The trust, which regulatory filings revealed had grown to a market value of $ 3.3 million by 2008/2009. He returned to the firm full time in 2012. The firm rebranded from Barbour, Griffith & Rogers to BGR Group in the early years of the Barack Obama administration because it wanted to portray itself as bipartisan. According to Rogers, the firm's revenue had declined after Obama's election as clients perceived it would lose influence. The firm employs various former political figures including Kurt Volker , Jeffrey Birnbaum , and Gov. Haley Barbour . In 2019, Republican politician Sean Duffy started to work for
780-456: The two worked closely together and started planning their future. Meanwhile, the Army assigned them as ROTC leaders to train new recruits. The war ended before either was commissioned. In January 1919, Luce and Hadden returned to Yale University as juniors. In May 1919, they were both tapped into the prestigious Skull and Bones secret society. Luce tried, but failed, to win a Rhodes Scholarship to
810-458: Was a feeder prep school for Yale University . After a summer spent working on a Springfield newspaper, Luce matriculated in the fall of 1916. He was the top freshman academically, but grades did not confer as much prestige as a staff role on the Yale Daily News . Only four freshmen were chosen by the News ; they included Luce and Hadden. When the U.S. entered World War I in 1917, a third of
840-601: Was announced that Meredith Corporation would acquire Time Inc. in a $ 2.8 billion deal. The acquisition was completed on January 31, 2018. On November 9, 2018, it was announced that Meredith Corporation was selling Fortune to Thai billionaire Chatchaval Jiaravanon for $ 150 million. Jiaravanon is affiliated with the Thailand-based conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group , which has holdings in agriculture, telecommunications, retail, pharmaceutical, and finance. Since March 4, 2020, access to Fortune.com has been restricted by
870-399: Was being paid $ 80,000 monthly for "public relations and media management services". Chairman Ed Rogers had been notified by The Washington Post (Khashoggi's employer) that if BGR continued to do business with Saudi Arabia, the paper would no longer run his column. Since 2019, BGR has lobbied on behalf of the government of Hong Kong . This article about a political organization is
900-402: Was published monthly. In January 1978, it began publishing biweekly. In October 2009, citing declining advertising revenue and circulation , Fortune began publishing every three weeks. As of 2018, Fortune is published 14 times a year. Marshall Loeb was named managing editor in 1986. During his tenure at Fortune , Loeb was credited with expanding the traditional focus on business and
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