The magazine Fortune was founded by Time Magazine co-founder Henry Luce in 1930 at the outset of the Great Depression. It was considered America's first business journal .

Fortune is now part of the media conglomerate Time Warner.

Fortune publishes three influential lists of companies:

• Fortune 500
• Fortune 1000
• Fortune Global 500 - ranking of the top 500 companies globally, along with information about them.

as well as an annual list of the wealthiest individuals and families in the world.

External links

• Fortune website
• A history of Fortune
• IMNO Interviews Dave Bateman Winner of the 2004 Fortune Magazine Business Plan Competition