Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.
Henry R. Luce Quotes
There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write.
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| Birth: | 3rd April, 1898 |
| Death: | 28th February, 1967 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Editor, Publisher |
About
Henry Robinson Luce was born in Tengchow, Shandong, China. He was a Chinese-born American publisher and editor. He launched the business magazine Fortune in February 1930 and acquired Life in order to relaunch it as a weekly magazine of photojournalism in November 1936; he went on to launch House & Home in 1952 and Sports Illustrated in 1954. He also produced The March of Time weekly newsreel. He educated at China Inland Mission Chefoo School, Hotchkiss School in Connecticut, University of Oxford, and Yale University.
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