[1] Forbes was born in Lenox Hill Hospital and raised in Manhattan; he is the son of Alberto and Lydia Raurell.

His late father was a noted figure in the New York art scene and director of the Tamayo Museum in Mexico City.

[citation needed] He became Executive Producer of Forbes SportsMoney, a series developed in partnership with the YES Network in 2008.

The series won a New York Emmy award for Forbes in the Business/Consumer: Program/Special category for three years in a row, from 2012-2014.

[9] He is a contributor on the Forbes blog network, writing about foreign markets, leadership, and entrepreneurship.

[15] FFT, which focuses on providing services to high-net-worth clientele, merged with LGL partners in January 2013.