LGBT billionaires

This article refers to U.S. dollar billionaires who are openly part of the LGBT community.
Stein Erik Hagen, the most recent addition to the LGBT billionaire list.

According to American LGBT-interest magazine The Advocate, Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani with a net worth of $8.1 billion is currently the world's richest person who is openly part of the LGBT community.[1]

History

In 1980, DreamWorks co-founder David Geffen came out as the first openly gay billionaire in the world. He had dated women before such as Cher, but finally came to terms with this sexuality in the early 1980s and had become one of the most important forces in the gay rights movement by 1992.[2]

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."[3][4]

On 16 August 2013, Jennifer Pritzker made headlines by announcing she now identifies herself as a woman for all business and personal undertakings. This announcement made Pritzker the world's first openly transgender billionaire.[5] In October 2015, Norway's second richest billionaire Stein Erik Hagen came out as bisexual on the Norwegian talk show Skavlan.[6]

Members

No. Name Net worth (USD) Status Citizenship Ref(s)
1Giorgio Armani$8.1 billion DecreaseBisexual Italy Italy
[7]
2David Geffen$6.1 billion IncreaseGay United States United States
[8]
3Stein Erik Hagen$4.3 billion IncreaseBisexual Norway Norway
[9]
4Peter Thiel$3.3 billion IncreaseGay United States United States
[8]
5Jennifer Pritzker$1.8 billion IncreaseTransgender United States United States
[8]
6Domenico Dolce$1.74 billion DecreaseGay Italy Italy
[8]
7Jon Stryker$1.6 billion IncreaseGay United States United States
[8]
8Stefano Gabbana$1.56 billion DecreaseGay Italy Italy
[8]
9Megan Ellison$1.5 billion DecreaseLesbian United States United States
[10]
10Michael Kors$1.0 billion IncreaseGay United States United States
[8]

See also

References

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