LGBT billionaires explained

Within the LGBT community, there are 12 known billionaires. the Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani is the richest person in the community (according to the LGBT-interest magazine The Advocate.)

History

In 1980, the DreamWorks co-founder David Geffen came out as the first openly bisexual billionaire in the world. He had wanted to date women before such as Cher, but finally came to realise his sexuality in the early 1980s and had become one of the most important forces in the gay rights movement by 1992.[1]

Giorgio Armani is known for being notoriously private and has remained relatively quiet about his own sexuality. The Sunday Times speculates he has remained quiet on the subject out of fear sales of Armani might decline in Asia if he officially came out. However, in 2000 he told Vanity Fair, "I have had women in my life. And sometimes men."[2] [3]

On 16 August 2013, Jennifer Pritzker made headlines by announcing that she identifies herself as a woman for all business and personal undertakings. This announcement made Pritzker the world's first openly transgender billionaire.[4] In October 2015, Norway's second richest billionaire Stein Erik Hagen came out as bisexual on the Norwegian talk show Skavlan.[5]

List

LGBT billionaires
NameNet worth
US$ (billions)
LGBT identity Citizenship
8.10 Bisexual manItaly[6]
6.10 Gay manUnited States[7]
4.30 Bisexual manNorway[8]
3.30 Gay man
2.20 Gay man[9]
1.80 Trans womanUnited States
1.74 Gay manItaly
1.60 Gay manUnited States
1.56 Gay manItaly
1.50 LesbianUnited States[10]
1.30 Gay manUnited States
1 Gay manUnited States[11] [12]
1 Gay manUnited States[13]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: David Geffen (This article was originally published in September 1994). 2015-10-25. 2017-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20170303020349/http://davidsheff.com/article/david-geffen/. dead.
  2. News: Giorgio Armani Says Gay Men Shouldn't 'Dress Homosexual' . 20 April 2015 . .
  3. News: Giorgio Armani says gay men shouldn't 'dress homosexual' . 21 April 2015 . .
  4. News: Brian . Solomon . Jennifer Pritzker Becomes First Transgender Billionaire . . September 16, 2013 .
  5. Web site: Norway's Second Richest Billionaire Comes Out As Bisexual . October 2015 . Towleroad .
  6. News: #174 Giorgio Armani . Forbes.
  7. News: Meet The World's LGBT Billionaires . Forbes . March 3, 2014 . Natalie . Robehmed.
  8. News: Norway's second richest billionaire comes out as bisexual on chat show watched by 3m viewers . The Independent .
  9. News: Profile - Tom Ford . Forbes .
  10. News: Three Game-Changing Female Producers Make Sure Passion-Driven Films Hit the Screen . Variety .
  11. News: GT Dave . Forbes.
  12. Web site: Video interview . GT Dave on breaking down stereotypes as a gay business leader . 18 February 2024 . Fast Company.
  13. News: Sam Altman . Forbes.