There are only a handful of openly gay or lbian billnair the world. CNBC's Robert Frank tak a looks at the list of super-rich LGBT members.
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8 OPENLY GAY BILLNAIR
From gay marriage to the bate over rtrictive state laws, LGBTQ+ issu are at the foreont of current events. Outsi polics, though, the gay muny ... * the gay billionaires *
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GAY BILLNAIR & LNAIR
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