Malcolm Forbes: The Man Who Had Everything. The Economist (US) | January 19, 1991 | COPYRIGHT 1991 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

IT WAS meant to be a secret, but everyone half-knew; and Malcolm Forbes, who died last February, will therefore be remembered as one of America's richest and most flamboyant "closet" homosexuals. The epitaph seems ironic for someone who so relentlessly promoted himself as the champion of macho capitalism; but it is not. Forbes's ambivalent attitude towards his own sexuality sums up the man.

Even as he hinted that he was about to marry Elizabeth Taylor and reacted with anger to direct questions about his private life, Forbes outraged employees by making passes at ...

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