Rich Karlgaard is an American journalist, bestselling author, award-winning entrepreneur, and speaker. He was named publisher of Forbes magazine in 1998 and has written two books, Life 2.0: How People Across America Are Transforming Their Lives by Finding the Where of Their Happiness (2004), and The Soft Edge: Where Great Companies Find Lasting Success (2014). His first book was on The Wall Street Journal business bestseller list.