Apple CEO Tim Cook wr a lumn which he announc that he's gay: "I nsir beg gay among the greatt gifts God has given me."
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- APPLE CEO TIM COOK OUT: 'I'M PROUD TO BE GAY'
- APPLE CEO TIM COOK SAID HE CID TO E OUT AS GAY AFTER READG LETTERS OM KIDS STGGLG WH THEIR INTY
- APPLE CEO TIM COOK: 'I'M PROUD TO BE GAY'
- JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
- TIM COOK: APPLE'S NEW CEO AND THE MOST POWERFUL GAY MAN AMERI
APPLE CEO TIM COOK OUT: 'I'M PROUD TO BE GAY'
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Apple CEO Tim Cook me out Thursday, acknowledgg publicly for the first time that he is gay. "Let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I nsir beg gay among the greatt gifts God has given me, " he wrote a lumn Bloomberg Bsweek.
"So 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. " Related: Tim Cook isn't the only openly gay CEO Cook, who grew up Alabama, said he has long been open about his sexual orientatn, but had jt not prevly discsed publicly.
APPLE CEO TIM COOK SAID HE CID TO E OUT AS GAY AFTER READG LETTERS OM KIDS STGGLG WH THEIR INTY
"Plenty of lleagu at Apple know I'm gay, and don't seem to make a difference the way they treat me, " he wrote. " There have been some mors and speculatn that Cook is gay.
Out magaze had prevly named him as the most powerful gay person on s Power 50 list. But there are no other publicly gay CEO's at the 700 largt rporatns. John Browne served as CEO of BP (BP) om 1995 to 2007, and acknowledged he was gay after he was forced to leave office.
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APPLE CEO TIM COOK: 'I'M PROUD TO BE GAY'
Tim Cook says he was motivated to e out as gay after receivg letters om children stgglg wh their sexual ually private Apple CEO publicly me out 2014, revealg his sexual orientatn an open letter published Bloomberg Bsweek. This ma him the first openly gay CEO of a Fortune 500 an terview wh People en Español published Thursday, the 58-year-old spoke about a range of topics related to sexual orientatn and young people. "Though Cook said he "didn't worry" about how Apple staff would react to his g out, he did acknowledge worryg about the reactn "outsi of Apple, " and noted that "the world is still not iendly to gay or trans people many untri but also wh our untry.
" He ntued: "Gay is not a limatn.
"Cook add that beg gay gave him a lens to how other people thk and feel. Apple CEO Tim Cook publicly nfirmed he is gay an opn piece published Thursday, makg him the hight-profile chief executive to e an say published by Bloomberg Bsweek advotg for human rights and equaly, Cook says he was spired by Dr. "So let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I nsir beg gay among the greatt gifts God has given me.
JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
"Cook be the first openly gay CEO of a Fortune 500 pany, acrdg to gays rights group Human Rights Campaign, who appld the Apple chief's say. "Cook says he's been open wh others about beg gay, but felt pelled to publicly e out to help others. "This serv as an openg of the door for other CEOs, senr-level managers, senr-level executiv to say I'm ready to brg my thentic self to the office and I know now that 's not potentially a triment, 's an asset to be out and proud the workplace, " says Jt Nelson, -founr and print of the Natnal Gay & Lbian Chamber of has been among the top Amerin pani for embracg equaly.
TIM COOK: APPLE'S NEW CEO AND THE MOST POWERFUL GAY MAN AMERI
"Cook's piece published days after the Apple CEO cricized his home state of Alabama over gay rights. In June, CNBC hosted a segment on gay CEOs where one host seemed to out Cook as gay.