A 'troublg rise' bs owners refg gay upl, advot say

Contents:

• CEOS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY
• 12 BIGGT COMPANI WH GAY CEOS
• A 'TROUBLG RISE' BS OWNERS REFG GAY UPL, ADVOT SAY
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

CEOS WHO ARE OPENLY 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. 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.

12 BIGGT COMPANI WH GAY CEOS

“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 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. 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.

A 'TROUBLG RISE' BS OWNERS REFG GAY UPL, ADVOT SAY

Here is a list of several openly gay pany chiefs. 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.

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.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

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.

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. “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.

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

While employee diversy has ma headl for years, stori on bs that self-intify as beg lbian-, gay-, bisexual- or transgenr-owned are a more recent velopment.

The Natnal Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce’s Supplier Diversy Iniative (NGLCC SDI) plays an important role nnectg LGBT-owned bs wh rporatns terted workg wh mory suppliers.

Of the nearly 28 ln small bs the US, only 909 were certified LGBT Bs Enterpris (LGBTBEs) as of October 2016, acrdg to a Natnal Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce report. Of the 909 LBGTBEs, a majory—nearly 67 percent—are owned by gay man.