In 2014, Tim Cook beme the first CEO of a major pany to e out as gay. He says he’s happy about that distctn — and his cisn.
Contents:
- WHERE ARE THE GAY CHIEF EXECUTIV?
- CEOS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY
- 12 BIGGT COMPANI WH GAY CEOS
- TIM COOK ISN'T THE ONLY OPENLY GAY CEO
- TIM COOK: APPLE'S NEW CEO AND THE MOST POWERFUL GAY MAN AMERI
- TIM COOK: BEG GAY IS GOD’S GREATT GIFT TO ME
- DON'T LET THAT RABOW LOGO FOOL YOU: THE 9 CORPORATNS DONATED MILLNS TO ANTI-GAY POLICIANS
WHERE ARE THE GAY CHIEF EXECUTIV?
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. * google ceo gay *
Cook, the chief executive of Apple, disclosed an article he wrote Bloomberg Bsweek that he is gay. So let me be clear: I’m proud to be gay, and I nsir beg gay among the greatt gifts God has given me. When the Natnal Football League last week drafted s first openly gay player, Michael Sam, he joed a roster of recent firsts — om the first out nightly news and morng-televisn anchors, Uned Stat senator and pro-basketball one major realm of society lags behd: rporate Ameri.
CEOS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY
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 […] * google ceo gay *
There are very few openly gay chief executiv at the natn’s 1, 000 biggt some might be out their personal liv or be wily assumed to be gay, none has spoken publicly about the way Mr. Lebackers their apparent acceptance of homosexualy.
12 BIGGT COMPANI WH GAY CEOS
Like Apple CEO Tim Cook, the top executiv are openly gay the workplace. * google ceo gay *
The first Ain-Amerin Fortune 500 chief executive ascend to his job a mere 15 years gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr executiv face separate challeng breakg through the so-lled pk ceilg. Even as the gay rights movement progrs at a faster clip than civil rights movements before , there is an overwhelmg prsure the workplace to hi one’s sexual orientatn. )Yet even 2014, is more mon than not for lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr workers to rema closeted at work, among both senr executiv and junr employe, acrdg to a new survey of 1, 700 people by Human Rights Campaign.
Smh and Kenji Yosho, a New York Universy School of Law profsor, found that 83 percent of gay, lbian and bisexual people hi aspects of their inty at work, often bee they say their boss expect them some pani, for example, there is a belief that brgg a same-sex partner to an event like a al-closg dner wh a nservative client uld be bad for sometim uld be. Delote has assigned gay nsultants to work on projects for clients, only to have the clients ll and say they do not want a gay person on the team, Ms.
“This is the learship issue of our time, ” she the hight levels of pani, the same sular culture that has ma hard for women and mori to reach the executive ranks also keeps out gay people — even if they are olr whe men.
TIM COOK ISN'T THE ONLY OPENLY GAY CEO
In a tragic moment for Steve Jobs, there is a bright spot: Tim Cook, who will succeed Jobs as Apple's CEO, is an credibly thorough and tail oriented boss who has revolutnized the way puters are assembled and steadily held the nfince of Apple's employe and partners. He is also, as we reported January, sted to bee an in for gay advancement. * google ceo gay *
Fidas is one reason that havg a gay chief executive, or one who publicly talks about cln, would make a difference, said Jennifer Brown, the founr and chief executive of Jennifer Brown Consultg, which advis pani on diversy.
Smh said, that is still the signal many pani are sendg gay employe at work, where this is not jt a civil rights issue, but an enomic one — is the pani that lose when talented people don’t apply or leave bee they feel if change n happen football, seems possible rporate This article had been revised to addrs the uncerta nature of “openly.
TIM COOK: APPLE'S NEW CEO AND THE MOST POWERFUL GAY MAN AMERI
* google ceo gay *
A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn SR, Page 4 of the New York edn wh the headle: Where Are the Gay Chief Executiv?. 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. 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.
TIM COOK: BEG GAY IS GOD’S GREATT GIFT TO ME
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.
DON'T LET THAT RABOW LOGO FOOL YOU: THE 9 CORPORATNS DONATED MILLNS TO ANTI-GAY POLICIANS
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.