Forbes (Mayra Rodriguez Valladares column)

Forbes is a major U.S. business magazine majority-owned since 2014 by Integrated Whale Media, a Hong Kong-based investment group, with the Forbes family retaining a minority stake and editorial role under Chairman Steve Forbes. The publication leans center-right on economic policy—favoring free markets, low taxes, and deregulation—while its contributor columns cover a wide range of perspectives. Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, a financial-risk consultant and Managing Principal of MRV Associates, writes a regular Forbes column focused on banking regulation and capital markets; her recent pieces have been broadly critical of Trump administration policies on defense spending, tariffs, and financial regulatory rollbacks.