Within the LGBTQ community, there are 14 known billionaires. As of 2015, [update] the Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani is the richest person in the community (according to the LGBTQ-interest magazine The Advocate .)
Within the LGBTQ community, there are 14 known billionaires. As of 2015, [update] the Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani is the richest person in the community (according to the LGBTQ-interest magazine The Advocate .)
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]
| Name | Net worth US$ (billions) | LGBTQ identity | Citizenship | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giorgio Armani | 8.10  | Bisexual man | Italy | [6] |
| David Geffen | 6.10  | Gay man | United States | [7] |
| Stein Erik Hagen | 4.30 | Bisexual man | Norway | [8] |
| Peter Thiel | 3.30 | Gay man |
| [7] |
| Tom Ford | 2.20 | Gay man |
| [9] |
| Jennifer Pritzker | 1.80 | Trans woman | United States | [7] |
| Domenico Dolce | 1.74 | Gay man | Italy | [7] |
| Jon Stryker | 1.60 | Gay man | United States | [7] |
| Stefano Gabbana | 1.56 | Gay man | Italy | [7] |
| Megan Ellison | 1.50 | Lesbian | United States | [10] |
| Tim Cook | 1.30 | Gay man | United States | [7] |
| GT Dave | 1 | Gay man | United States | [11] [12] |
| Sam Altman | 1 | Gay man | United States | [13] |
| Scott Bessent | 1 | Gay man | United States | [14] |
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) movements are social movements that advocate for LGBTQ people in society. Although there is not a primary or an overarching central organization that represents all LGBTQ people and their interests, numerous LGBTQ rights organizations are active worldwide. The first organization to promote LGBTQ rights was the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee, founded in 1897 in Berlin.
Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures are subcultures and communities composed of people who have shared experiences, backgrounds, or interests due to common sexual or gender identities. Among the first to argue that members of sexual minorities can also constitute cultural minorities were Adolf Brand, Magnus Hirschfeld, and Leontine Sagan in Germany. These pioneers were later followed by the Mattachine Society and the Daughters of Bilitis in the United States.
Coming out of the closet, often shortened to coming out, is a metaphor used to describe LGBTQ people's self-disclosure of their sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity.
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