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Forbes API

Forbes (forbes.com) has 4 public methods: get billionaire net worth, list Forbes Global 2000 companies, list billionaires and get company rankings. Each costs 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.

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Methods

4

  • Get billionaire net worth

    Looks up a billionaire by name on the Forbes real-time billionaires list and returns their real-time net worth, today's change, rank and public profile details. Wealth figures change throughout the trading day.

    Returns name, net worth, rank, today's change, source of wealth, self-made score, citizenship, residence, age, photo, profile link, update time

    Readforbes.com/get_person_net_worth

  • List Forbes Global 2000 companies

    Lists companies in the Forbes Global 2000 in rank order, optionally for a given year, country of headquarters and industry. Financial figures are in billions of US dollars; up to 500 results.

    Returns year, rank, company, country, industry, sales, profit, assets, market value, Forbes link

    Readforbes.com/list_global_2000

  • List billionaires

    Lists the richest people in rank order from Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, with net worth, daily change and profile details. Filter by country of citizenship or industry; wealth and changes are in billions of US dollars.

    Returns update time; rank, name, net worth, today's change, source of wealth, industry, country, age, photo, profile URL

    Readforbes.com/list_billionaires

  • Get company rankings

    Finds a Forbes company profile by name and returns its Forbes list rankings, company facts and headline financial figures (Forbes list years; market value from the matching Global 2000 list).

    Returns list rankings, revenue, profit, assets, market value, employees, CEO, headquarters, industry, founded year, profile link

    Readforbes.com/get_company_rankings