Apple CEO Tim Cook may be "proud to be gay," but he is not alone. More pany chiefs are makg their sexual orientatn known. Here is a list.
Contents:
- 8 OPENLY GAY BILLNAIR
- CEOS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY
- FAMO GAY PEOPLE
- ARE GAY PEOPLE BETTER ENTREPRENRS?
- 12 BIGGT COMPANI WH GAY CEOS
- A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
- THE SUPREME COURT’S RULG ON REFG GAY BS
8 OPENLY GAY BILLNAIR
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He also vted Facebook and asked for his opn on why more CEOs aren't openly gay, Thiel said, "A lot of the bs are global reach, and when you have ctomers all over the world, be a qutn of ‘Will they hold that (beg gay) agast you? Through his philanthropic ntributns, he has given lns to the Universy of California, Lln Center, Columbia Bs School, Yale Universy, and the Gay Men’s Health Crisis.
Though he had always been open about his sexualy his private life, Cook’s g out publicly 2014 cemented him as the first openly gay person on the Fortune 500 list and one of the most well-known sourc of spiratn for LGBT+ dividuals worldwi.
CEOS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY
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“If hearg that the CEO of Apple is gay n help someone stgglg to e to terms wh who he or she is, or brg fort to anyone who feels alone, or spire people to sist on their equaly, then ’s worth the tra-off wh my own privacy, ” he wrote his g-out say. He is also openly gay, though he spent the first thirty years of his now thirty-five year reer closeted. 4%, of the globe's 1, 645 billnair openly intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr.
Among the openly-gay hyper-wealthy are Domeni Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, the duo behd fashn power hoe Dolce & Gabbana.
Some of the bsmen and women have ed their fortun to advote for gay rights.
FAMO GAY PEOPLE
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5% of Amerins intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr; statistilly, 19 of Ameri’s 492 billnair should intify as such. Billnair have exprsed their allegiance for their gay dghters and sons fancially: hedge fund billnaire Pl Sger has given more than $10 ln to support marriage equaly – his gay son, Andrew, tied the knot – while Progrsive surance’s Peter Lewis, recently ceased, donated $250, 000 to the Gay & Lbian Victory Fund 2008, as my lleague Clare O’Connor noted. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban ss on the advisory board of Athlete Ally, a nonprof targetg homophobia sports.
Beg wealthy do not necsarily make easier to publicly intify as gay. Of urse, some untri are more equal than others terms of gay rights, which might expla why natns wh the send- and third-hight number of billnair – Cha, 152, and Rsia, 111 – do not list a sgle LGBT billnaire.
ARE GAY PEOPLE BETTER ENTREPRENRS?
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Out of the closetJt Sullivan | Getty Imag Openly gay CEOs are a rary the bs world, even though more pani are publicly exprsg their support for gay rights and clive workplac.
One bsman on this list med that there are still many gay executiv who keep their personal liv private, but predicted that more openly gay men and women will steer more pani the future.
2014Tim Cook Apple CEO Tim Cook openly discsed his sexualy an terview published Thursday, makg him one of a relatively short list of openly gay CEOs.
12 BIGGT COMPANI WH GAY CEOS
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"I'm proud to be gay, " he said the terview wh BloombergBsWeek.
He wrote about his sexualy Time, sayg he has been openly gay as long as he has been bs, and that the greater visibily of high-performg gay CEOs n help fight discrimatn agast gays and lbians the BrowneFormer Chief Executive of Brish Petrolm Lord Imag The former chief of BP abptly rigned after the Brish tabloid The Mail exposed a relatnship Browne had wh a young man who had once been a male prostute, acrdg to the BBC.
In a subsequent book he wrote about his experienc as a closeted gay executive, Browne said he was "terrified" of beg outed even as a young man. He has lled for a more clive BurgsBurgs is CEO of the Florida-based vtment bank C1 Fancial, makg him the first openly gay CEO of a bank listed on the New York Stock Exchange, acrdg to Out ThielPeter ThielAdam Jeffery | CNBC Thiel is one of Silin Valley's most signifint vtors and entreprenrs. Thiel said an terview on CNBC's "Squawk Box" that he spects there may be many gay CEOs who have not announced publicly, and suggted may be part bee they hail om an olr generatn.
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
It's rare to fd an openly gay CEO of a large pany. But there seem to be social and logistil reasons openly gay people excel at buildg their own bs. * businessmen gay *
Christopher BaileyChristopher Bailey attends the Serpente Gallery Summer Party at The Serpente Gallery Cattermole | Getty ImagThe chief executive and chief creative officer of inic Brish fashn brand Burberry assumed learship May 2014, which means he is the first openly gay CEO of a pany clud the FTSE 100—the 100 pani on the London Stock Exchange wh the largt market palizatn, acrdg to an say by another man on this list, Lord WeltsAs print and chief operatg officer of the Goln State Warrrs, Welts is the is the hight rankg executive men's profsnal team sports to publicly acknowledge he is gay.
The famoly private Cook me out an say published by Bloomberg 2014, makg him the first openly gay CEO of a Fortune 500 pany. In the say, he wrote: “If hearg that the CEO of Apple is gay n help someone stgglg to e to terms wh who he or she is, or brg fort to anyone who feels alone, or spire people to sist on their equaly, then ’s worth the traoff wh my own privacy.
THE SUPREME COURT’S RULG ON REFG GAY BS
In addn to stillg an LGBTQ+-iendly pany culture, Gente clud a give-back program to raise funds and awarens for the Trevor Project—the world’s largt suici preventn and crisis terventn anizatn for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and qutng young people.
Ford has been openly gay her whole profsnal reer, tellg CNN, “I ma a cisn long ago to live an thentic life, and if my beg named CEO helps others do the same, that’s a wonrful moment. GLAAD (Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn) is a media monorg anizatn that is famo for takg a strong stance agast biased and rogatory LGBT reprentatn.
He outed himself as gay 2007 when Out Magaze listed him at the top of “Most Powerful Gay Men and Women Ameri”. He not giv genero fancial support to gay rights iativ, and is a csar himself.