President & CEO
Forbes.com

Jim Spanfeller is President and Chief Executive Officer of Forbes.com, home page for the world’s business leaders. As CEO, Spanfeller oversees the strategic and operational management of the company.

Spanfeller joined Forbes.com in 2000, and since then has helped build the company into the No. 1 business site in the world. Under his leadership, Forbes.com revenue and traffic have experienced triple-digit growth year over year for the past three years. In May 2005, he oversaw the launch of ForbesAutos.com, the only online site dedicated to the luxury automotive buyer.
In 2006, BtoB Media Business named Spanfeller “Top Innovator in Business Publishing,” as part of their Top Innovators in Business Publishing awards and he was inducted into min’s first-ever Digital Hall of Fame. Also in 2006, Forbes.com rose from #7 to #4 in BtoB magazine’s annual “Media Power 50” list.

In 2005, BtoB Media Business named Spanfeller “Top Interactive Executive for General Business Publishers,” as part of their Top Innovators in Business Publishing awards and BtoB, named him one of their “Top 25 Newsmakers.” In October 2003, MIN Magazine called him one of the industry’s standout media executives in its annual “21 Most Intriguing People” issue. Prior to joining Forbes.com, Spanfeller was President of the Consumer Magazine Group of Ziff Davis Media, Inc. Previously, he was Publisher of Inc. magazine and also held senior positions at Playboy Enterprises Publishing Group and Newsweek.

Spanfeller is currently Chairman of the Board for the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), having served as Vice-Chairman in 2005 and is actively involved in the Online Publishers Association (OPA). In 2006 he was named to the Board’s at Freedom Communications, Inc. and Viewpoint Corporation. He served on the Board of Directors of the Magazine Publishers Association, 1999-2000. Spanfeller received a B.A. in English Literature from Union College. 

He lives in New York City with his wife, Peg, and their three daughters.