Home›Sources›Freedman, "Cult of Personality" (Forbes, 2003)SourcesFreedman, "Cult of Personality" (Forbes, 2003)Forbes, October 13, 2003Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Freedman, "Cult of Personality" (Forbes, 2003)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/freedman-cult-of-personality-forbes-2003.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Freedman, "Cult of Personality" (Forbes, 2003). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/freedman-cult-of-personality-forbes-2003Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-freedman-cult-of-personality-forbes-2003, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Freedman, "Cult of Personality" (Forbes, 2003)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/freedman-cult-of-personality-forbes-2003}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXMichael Freedman's investigative feature on Keith Raniere and NXIVM's Executive Success Programs, published in Forbes on October 13, 2003, well before the organization's later criminal prosecution. Used for its dated cumulative count of people who had taken the group's courses since its 1998 founding.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (11 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedMichael FreedmanPublisherWell-attestedForbesPublication YearWell-attested2003URLWell-attestedhttps://www.forbes.com/forbes/2003/1013/088.htmlSource TypeWell-attestedmagazine featureAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2Reliability tier 2: a named-byline investigative feature in a major business magazine, published five years before Raniere's eventual criminal case and independent of both NXIVM's own claims and the later prosecution's framing.Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.New Religious Movements, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested10New Religious MovementsNXIVMSourcesFreedman, "Cult of Personality" (Forbes, 2003)General References1New Religious MovementsNXIVMComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year