LGBT billionaires

LGBT billionaires refers to any people who identify as LGBT who are billionaires, in terms of the monetary fortune they control. As of 2015, according to US LGBT-interest magazine The Advocate, Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani with a net worth of US$8.1 billion was the world's richest person who is openly part of the LGBT community. Giorgio long time lover, Sean Melo, have been together since 2000.[1]

This article refers to U.S. dollar billionaires who are openly part of the LGBT community.
Giorgio Armani

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 that she 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]

List
LGBT billionaires
Name Net worth
USD bn		 LGBT identity Citizenship
Giorgio Armani[7] 8.10 Bisexual Italy
David Geffen[8] 6.10 Gay United States
Stein Erik Hagen[9] 4.30 Bisexual Norway
Peter Thiel[8] 3.30 Gay United States and New Zealand
Jennifer Pritzker[8] 1.80 Transgender United States
Domenico Dolce[8] 1.74 Gay Italy
Jon Stryker[8] 1.60 Gay United States
Stefano Gabbana[8] 1.56 Gay Italy
Megan Ellison[10] 1.50 Lesbian United States
Tim Cook[8] 1.30 Gay United States

See also

References
  1. Dobbins, Leslie (February 12, 2015). "14 Insanely Wealthy LGBT People". The Advocate.
  2. David Geffen (This article was originally published in September 1994)
  3. "Giorgio Armani Says Gay Men Shouldn't 'Dress Homosexual'". Huffington Post. 20 April 2015.
  4. "Giorgio Armani says gay men shouldn't 'dress homosexual'". Washington Post. 21 April 2015.
  5. Solomon, Brian (September 16, 2013). "Jennifer Pritzker Becomes First Transgender Billionaire". Forbes.
  6. "Norway's Second Richest Billionaire Comes Out As Bisexual". Towleroad. October 2015.
  7. "#174 Giorgio Armani". Forbes.
  8. Robehmed, Natalie (March 3, 2014). "Meet The World's LGBT Billionaires". Forbes.
  9. "Norway's second richest billionaire comes out as bisexual on chat show watched by 3m viewers". The Independent.
  10. "Three Game-Changing Female Producers Make Sure Passion-Driven Films Hit the Screen". Variety.
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