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To achieve the financial status of Billionaire puts an individual in a very small, high profile group.  Assuming it was earned (versus inherited), it connotes a high degree of success and accomplishment.  Along with it comes a great burden of responsibility to a community and the world at large.
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To be LGBTQ and a billionaire puts additional pressure on an individual and makes them that much more unique.  Historically, it would have made it difficult to be public about one's sexuality because it imposed a need to socialize in a broad financial and political world that regarded homosexuality as taboo.  Today, the constraints about personal sexuality in many parts of the world are not as severe, and hence we can identify individuals who publicly acknowledge they are LGBTQ.   
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To achieve the financial status of billionaire puts an individual in a very small, high profile group.  Assuming it was earned (versus inherited), it connotes a high degree of success and accomplishment.  Along with it comes a great burden of responsibility to a community and the world at large.
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To be LGBTQ and a billionaire puts additional pressure on an individual and makes them that much more unique.  Historically, it would have been difficult to be so high profile and public about one's sexuality because being a billionaire imposed a need to socialize in a broad financial and political world that regarded homosexuality as taboo.  Today, the constraints about personal sexuality in many parts of the world are not as severe, and hence we can identify billionaires who publicly acknowledge they are LGBTQ.   
  
 
We have identified a number of individuals, both historical and contemporary, who can be classified as billionaires.  Interestingly, the historical characters were all European while the contemporary characters are American.  With historical figures, we have had to go with a consensus of the translation of their value at the time they lived to today's monetary value.
 
We have identified a number of individuals, both historical and contemporary, who can be classified as billionaires.  Interestingly, the historical characters were all European while the contemporary characters are American.  With historical figures, we have had to go with a consensus of the translation of their value at the time they lived to today's monetary value.
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* [[Gigi Chao]], China - property
 
* [[Gigi Chao]], China - property
 
* [[William Courtenay Earl of Devon]], Great Britain - gentry
 
* [[William Courtenay Earl of Devon]], Great Britain - gentry
* [[Dominic Dolce]], Italy - fashion  
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* [[Domenico Dolce]], Italy - fashion  
 
* [[Friedrich Karl Flick]], Austria - steel and coal
 
* [[Friedrich Karl Flick]], Austria - steel and coal
 
* [[Stefano Gabbana]], Italy - fashion
 
* [[Stefano Gabbana]], Italy - fashion
 
* [[David Lawrence Geffen]], United States - film and entertainment industry
 
* [[David Lawrence Geffen]], United States - film and entertainment industry
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* [[Stein Erik Hagen]], Norway - retail; industrial holding company
 
* [[Chris Hughes]], United States - co-founder of Facebook
 
* [[Chris Hughes]], United States - co-founder of Facebook
* [[Michael Koors]], United States - fashion
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* [[Michael Kors]], United States - fashion
* [[Frederick Alfred Krupps]], Germany - steel and manufacturing
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* [[Frederich Alfred Krupp]], Germany - steel and manufacturing
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* [[Prince Jonathan Doria Pamphilj]], Italy - art, business
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* [[Jennifer Pritzker]], United States - hotels, real estate, military
 
* [[Cecil Rhodes]], South Africa - diamond mining
 
* [[Cecil Rhodes]], South Africa - diamond mining
* [[Jennifer Pritzker]], United States - hotels
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* [[Jon Stryker]], United States - medical equipment
* [[John Stryker]], United States - medical equipment
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* [[Peter Thiel]], United States - co-founder, PayPal
 
* [[Peter Thiel]], United States - co-founder, PayPal
 
* [[Horace William, 4th Earl of Orford Walpole]], Great Britain - member of Parliament
 
* [[Horace William, 4th Earl of Orford Walpole]], Great Britain - member of Parliament
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==See Also==
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* [[Prominent LGBTQ Philanthropists and Donors]]
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* [[LGBTQ Chief Executive Officers of Business Enterprises]]
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* [[LGBTQ Venture Capitalists and Startup Advisors]]
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* [[Investment and Wealth Management and the LGBTQ Community]]
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* [[LGBTQ Bankers]]
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* [[Transgender Business Leaders]]
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* [[Chief Operating Officers of Business Enterprises Who Are LGBTQ]]
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* [[Chamber of Commerce LGBTQ Leaders]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==

Revision as of 19:24, 26 July 2021

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To achieve the financial status of billionaire puts an individual in a very small, high profile group. Assuming it was earned (versus inherited), it connotes a high degree of success and accomplishment. Along with it comes a great burden of responsibility to a community and the world at large.

To be LGBTQ and a billionaire puts additional pressure on an individual and makes them that much more unique. Historically, it would have been difficult to be so high profile and public about one's sexuality because being a billionaire imposed a need to socialize in a broad financial and political world that regarded homosexuality as taboo. Today, the constraints about personal sexuality in many parts of the world are not as severe, and hence we can identify billionaires who publicly acknowledge they are LGBTQ.

We have identified a number of individuals, both historical and contemporary, who can be classified as billionaires. Interestingly, the historical characters were all European while the contemporary characters are American. With historical figures, we have had to go with a consensus of the translation of their value at the time they lived to today's monetary value.

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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