Chris Forbes

Chris Forbes is the Cofounder and Executive Chairman at HireArt. Prior to this, they were an advisor at Elsevier from May 2013 to June 2014, where they provided strategy, leadership, and expertise in B2B markets, paid content, content licensing, and digital publishing. Chris Forbes has also been a board member of Change for Kids since April 2008. Chris Forbes is a serial entrepreneur with expertise in B2B paid content services, finance, publishing and operations. As President and CEO, Chris has piloted Knovel’s growth and strategic direction since founding the company in 2000. Knovel is a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools to drive innovation and deliver answers engineers can trust. Knovel has more than 800 customers worldwide including 75 of the Fortune 500 companies and more than 300 leading universities. Prior to Knovel, Chris Forbes was the President of William Andrew Publishing - Elsevier from January 1994 to December 1999. Before William Andrew Publishing - Elsevier, Chris Forbes was Managing Director at TD Securities from October 1982 to January 1993.

Chris Forbes attended the University of Toronto for their B.Com, where they studied business. Prior to that, they attended St. John's Ravenscourt for their high school diploma.

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