In the nearly ne years sce Apple CEO Tim Cook publicly me out as gay, three more openly LGBTQ CEOs helm Fortune 500 pani.
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- CEOS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY
- TIM COOKCOMPANY: APPLE INC.TENURE: SCE AUGT 20112023 RANK: NO. 4COOK HAS SAID HE HAS “NO REGRETS” ABOUT G OUT 2014. IN THE YEARS SCE, HE’S SPOKEN ON LGBTQ ISSU AND PUBLICLY EXPRSED NCERN OVER ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS. APPLE HAS ALSO LOBBIED AGAST RECENT ANTI-LGBTQ LAWS IOWA, FLORIDA, AND TEXAS.JIM FTERLGCOMPANY: DOW INC.TENURE: SCE SEPTEMBER 20182023 RANK: NO. 75FTERLG WAS NAMED CEO OF THE MATERIAL SCIENC PANY MARCH 2018, FOLLOWG S SPOFF AS AN PENNT PANY OM THE DOW DUPONT MERGER 2017. A DOW EMPLOYEE SCE 1984, FTERLG FIRST ME OUT TO CLOSE LLEAGU AFTER A NCER DIAGNOSIS 2008. HE THEN ME OUT TO ALL EMPLOYE 2014. “I WAS GOG THROUGH SEVERAL SURGERI, A YEAR’S WORTH OF CHEMO,” HE TOLD BLOOMBERG 2019. “I STARTED TO LOOK AROUND AND SAY, ‘YOU KNOW, I’M GOG TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANG MY LIFE.’ AND ONE DAY, I WAS THKG ABOUT A LOT OF STRS THAT I NEED TO RCE AND ONE OF THEM WAS TRYG TO LIVE TWO DIFFERENT LIV.”JEFEY GENTECOMPANY: MACY’S, INC.TENURE: SCE MARCH 20172023 RANK: NO. 158GENTE HAS BEEN OUT PROFSNALLY SCE HIS FIRST DAY AT MACY’S ON JULY 5, 1983. HE RELLS PEOPLE WARNG HIM THAT BEG OPENLY GAY ULD BE A “TERRENT” TO HIS REER AND RECEIVED ADVICE OM A MENTOR TO “BE LS TRANSPARENT” ABOUT HIS SEXUALY IF HE WANTED TO GET AHEAD HIS REER. HE REFED TO HEED THE ADVICE AND STILL ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS, BEG CHIEF MERCHANDISG OFFICER 2009 AND PRINT 2014, BEFORE HIS CURRENT TLE. GENTE ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT HE PLANS TO RETIRE FEBARY 2024.BETH FORD
- 12 BIGGT COMPANI WH GAY CEOS
- THE RNER CLOSET: WHY THERE ARE SO FEW GAY AND TRANSGENR EXECUTIV RPORATE AMERI
- HOW MANY GAY CEOS SHOULD THERE BE IN THE US ANYWAY?
CEOS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY
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. * gay ceos in america *
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. 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.
TIM COOKCOMPANY: APPLE INC.TENURE: SCE AUGT 20112023 RANK: NO. 4COOK HAS SAID HE HAS “NO REGRETS” ABOUT G OUT 2014. IN THE YEARS SCE, HE’S SPOKEN ON LGBTQ ISSU AND PUBLICLY EXPRSED NCERN OVER ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS. APPLE HAS ALSO LOBBIED AGAST RECENT ANTI-LGBTQ LAWS IOWA, FLORIDA, AND TEXAS.JIM FTERLGCOMPANY: DOW INC.TENURE: SCE SEPTEMBER 20182023 RANK: NO. 75FTERLG WAS NAMED CEO OF THE MATERIAL SCIENC PANY MARCH 2018, FOLLOWG S SPOFF AS AN PENNT PANY OM THE DOW DUPONT MERGER 2017. A DOW EMPLOYEE SCE 1984, FTERLG FIRST ME OUT TO CLOSE LLEAGU AFTER A NCER DIAGNOSIS 2008. HE THEN ME OUT TO ALL EMPLOYE 2014. “I WAS GOG THROUGH SEVERAL SURGERI, A YEAR’S WORTH OF CHEMO,” HE TOLD BLOOMBERG 2019. “I STARTED TO LOOK AROUND AND SAY, ‘YOU KNOW, I’M GOG TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANG MY LIFE.’ AND ONE DAY, I WAS THKG ABOUT A LOT OF STRS THAT I NEED TO RCE AND ONE OF THEM WAS TRYG TO LIVE TWO DIFFERENT LIV.”JEFEY GENTECOMPANY: MACY’S, INC.TENURE: SCE MARCH 20172023 RANK: NO. 158GENTE HAS BEEN OUT PROFSNALLY SCE HIS FIRST DAY AT MACY’S ON JULY 5, 1983. HE RELLS PEOPLE WARNG HIM THAT BEG OPENLY GAY ULD BE A “TERRENT” TO HIS REER AND RECEIVED ADVICE OM A MENTOR TO “BE LS TRANSPARENT” ABOUT HIS SEXUALY IF HE WANTED TO GET AHEAD HIS REER. HE REFED TO HEED THE ADVICE AND STILL ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS, BEG CHIEF MERCHANDISG OFFICER 2009 AND PRINT 2014, BEFORE HIS CURRENT TLE. GENTE ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT HE PLANS TO RETIRE FEBARY 2024.BETH FORD
* gay ceos in america *
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.
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. Here is a list of several openly gay pany chiefs.
12 BIGGT COMPANI WH GAY CEOS
In this article we are gog to list the 12 biggt pani wh gay CEOs. Click to skip ahead and jump to the 5 biggt pani wh gay CEOs. A uple of s ago was not ual to fd an openly-gay person at a senr posn any anizatn. This is bee while pani […] * gay ceos in america *
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. "I'm proud to be gay, " he said the terview wh BloombergBsWeek.
THE RNER CLOSET: WHY THERE ARE SO FEW GAY AND TRANSGENR EXECUTIV RPORATE AMERI
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. 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. As one of the very few openly gay CEOs at the heights of rporate Ameri, Jefey Gente has worked hard to ensure that diversy and cln are bs imperativ at Macy’s.
HOW MANY GAY CEOS SHOULD THERE BE IN THE US ANYWAY?
In addn to the pany culture Gente has stilled, for this year’s Pri Month, Macy’s annual Pri + Joy mpaign clud a ctomer-centric give-back program to raise funds and awarens for The Trevor Project – the world’s largt suici preventn and crisis terventn anisatn for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and qutng young people. “I’m proud to be gay, and I nsir beg gay among the greatt gifts God has given me, ” Tim Cook said his edorial for Bloomberg Bs back 2014 when he me out publicly to officially bee the first openly gay chief executive the Fortune 500.
The Supreme Court has led gay marriage is legally regnized. And another sign of progrs is the number of pani beg led by openly gay of the CEOs are private about their personal life, and others are more open. Wh over $274 billn revenue, Apple easily tops the list for the biggt pany led by an openly gay CEO.