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There are many more current and past Chief Executive Officers of business companies around the world who identify as LGBTQ.  These leaders represent industries such as media, technology, fashion, communications, sports, biotechnology, consulting, publishing,, finance, hospitality, manufacturing, and more.  The CEOs come from Canada, Austria, Great Britain, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Australia and the United States.
 
There are many more current and past Chief Executive Officers of business companies around the world who identify as LGBTQ.  These leaders represent industries such as media, technology, fashion, communications, sports, biotechnology, consulting, publishing,, finance, hospitality, manufacturing, and more.  The CEOs come from Canada, Austria, Great Britain, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Australia and the United States.
  
* [[Tommy Ahlers]], Denmark - ZYB, Podio
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'''Argentina'''
* [[Jean-Jacques Aillagon]], France - TV5Monde
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* [[John Allan]], Australia - Sensis
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* [[Hernan Lopez]], Fox International, Fox Latin American Channels
* [[Charles Allen]], Great Britain - Global Radio Group, ISS, 2 Sisters Food Group
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* [[Zel Anders]], United States - Tomboy Tailors
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'''Australia'''
* [[Peter Arvai]], Sweden - Prezi
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* [[Christopher Bailey]], Great Britain - Burberry Group
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* [[John Allan]], Sensis
* [[Inga Beale]], Great Britain - Lloyds of London Insurance Group
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* [[Matthew McCarron]], Lewis Land Group
* [[Michael Belkin]], United States - Distinc..t
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* [[Tanya Sale]], Outsource Financial
* [[Brian Bickell]], Great Britain - Shaftesbury PLC
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* [[Jeff Weeden]], Forager Funds Management
* [[Sue Black]], United States - Milwaukee Wave
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* [[Mark S. Bonham]], Canada - BPI Financial Corporation, Strategic Value Corporation
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'''Austria'''
* [[Sharon Brackett]], United States - Tiresias Technologies
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* [[Harlan Bratcher]], United States - Reed Krakoff, A/X Armani Exchange
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* [[Juergen Maier]], Siemens UK
* [[Michelle Brooke-Marciniak]], United States - SHEEX, Inc.
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* [[Lord John Browne]], Great Britain - British Petroleum
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'''Canada'''
* [[Trevor Burgess]], United States - C1 Bank
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* [[Natasha Case]], United States - Coolhaus (ice cream products company)
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* [[Mark S. Bonham]], BPI Financial Corporation, Strategic Value Corporation
* [[Stephen Clarke]], Great Britain - WH Smith
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* [[David Clemmer]], Judy Inc.
* [[David Clemmer]], Canada - Judy Inc.
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* [[Heather Conway]], Edelman Canada
* [[Demion Clinco]], United States - Frontier Consulting Group, Inc.
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* [[Dax Dasilva]], Lightspeed Commerce Inc.
* [[Jean-Paul Cluzel]], France, Radio France Internationale, Radio France
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* [[David Furnish]], Rocket Entertainment Group
* [[Paul Colichman]], United States - Here! Media
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* [[Renee Gagnon]], Emerald Health, HollyWeed North Cannabis Inc.
* [[Chip Conley]], United States - Joe de Vivre Hospitality
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* [[Heward Grafftey]], SafetySense
* [[Heather Conway]], Canada - Edelman Canada
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* [[Mark Johnston]], Fusion Television
* [[Tim Cook]], United States - Apple Inc.
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* [[Ken Popert]], Pink Triangle Press
* [[Barry Diller]], United States - IAC/Interactive Corp, Expedia Inc.
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* [[Mandy Rennehan]], Freshco
* [[Jesus Encinar]], Spain - Idealista.com
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* [[Brandon Truaxe]], Decieme
* [[Amy Errett]], United States - Madison Reed, Olivia
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* [[Jaime Watt]], Navigator Ltd.
* [[James Fitterling]], United States - Dow Chemical Company
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* [[Massey Whiteknife]], ICEIS Safety
* [[Paul Flowers]], Great Britain - CoOp Bank
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* [[Dave Wilkin]], Redwood Strategic
* [[Beth Ford]], United States - Land'O Lakes, Inc.
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* [[Sara Geater]], Great Britain - FreemantleMedia
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'''Denmark'''
* [[Tim Gill]], United States - Quark; Gill Action Fund
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* [[Robert Greenblatt]], United States - NBC Entertainment
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* [[Tommy Ahlers]], ZYB, Podio
* [[Jason Grenfell-Gardner]], United States - IGI Laboratories
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* [[Robert Hanson]], United States - John Hardy Inc, American Eagle Outfitters
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'''France'''
* [[Tim Hely Hutchinson]], Great Britain - Hachette Publishing
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* [[David Hynam]], Great Britain - BUPA
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* [[Jean-Jacques Aillagon]], TV5Monde
* [[Stephen Jacques]], Great Britain - Key Assets - The Children's Services Provider
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* [[Laurent Claquin]], Tomas Maier
* [[Mark Johnston]], Canada - Fusion Television
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* [[Jean-Paul Cluzel]], Radio France Internationale, Radio France
* [[Alan Joyce]], Ireland - Quantas Airways
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* [[Sue Nabi]], Orveda/Lancome/L'Oreal
* [[Jeffrey Kofman]], Canada/Great Britain - Trint
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* [[Guillaume Pepy]], SNCF
* [[Thomas Lawson]], Great Britain - FTB Lawson Ltd.
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* [[Donald Potard]], Jean-Paul Gaultier, Marchpole Holdings
* [[Hernan Lopez]], Argentina/United States - Fox International, Fox Latin American Channels
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* [[Juergen Maier]], Austria - Siemens UK
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'''Germany'''
* [[Chris McCarthy]], United States - MTV/VH1/Logo
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* [[Kevin McClatchy]], United States - Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Club
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* [[Eva Kreienkamp]], Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe AöR (BVG, Berlin's transportation network)
* [[Scott McGregor]], Great Britain - Camco Clean Energy PLC
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* [[Mark McNulty]], Great Britain - JLT Investment Management Ltd.
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'''Great Britain'''
* [[Tim Millward]], Great Britain - Extrastaff Limited
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* [[Henry Munoz III]], United States - Munoz & Company
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* [[Charles Allen]], Global Radio Group, ISS, 2 Sisters Food Group
* [[Tracy Myhill]], Great Britain - Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust
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* [[Mark Anderson]], Connect Airways
* [[Sue Nabi]], France - Orveda/Lancome/L'Oreal
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* [[Christopher Bailey]], Burberry Group
* [[Ken Popert]], Canada - Pink Triangle Press
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* [[Inga Beale]], Lloyds of London Insurance Group
* [[Donald Potard]], France - Jean-Paul Gaultier, Marchpole Holdings
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* [[Brian Bickell]], Shaftesbury PLC
* [[Jennifer Pritzker]], United States - Tawani Enterprises
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* [[Lord John Browne]], British Petroleum
* [[Paul Reed]], Great Britain - BP IST
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* [[Darren Burn]], Global Out
* [[Iain Renwick]], Great Britain - Liberty department store
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* [[Stephen Clarke]], WH Smith
* [[Tom Rielly]], United States - PlanetOut
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* [[Paul Flowers]], CoOp Bank
* [[Rich Ross]], United States - Discover Channel, Shine America, Walt Disney Studios
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* [[Sara Geater]], FreemantleMedia
* [[Martine Rothblatt]], United States - United Therapeutics
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* [[Robyn Grew]], MAN Group
* [[Tanya Sale]], Australia - Outsource Financial
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* [[Tim Hely Hutchinson]], Hachette Publishing
* [[Jeffrey Schwarz]], United States - Automat Pictures
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* [[David Hynam]], BUPA
* [[Lauren Scott]], United States - Alkcon Corporation
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* [[Stephen Jacques]], Key Assets - The Children's Services Provider
* [[Darrell Silver]], United States - Thinkful
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* [[Jeffrey Kofman]], Trint
* [[Joel Simkhai]], United States - Grindr
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* [[Thomas Lawson]], FTB Lawson Ltd.
* [[Peter Sisson]], United States - Line2
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* [[Scott McGregor]], Camco Clean Energy PLC
* [[Megan Smith]], United States - PlanetOut
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* [[Mark McNulty]], JLT Investment Management Ltd.
* [[Theresa Sparks]], United States - Good Vibrations
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* [[Tim Millward]], Extrastaff Limited
* [[Gary Stolkin]], Great Britain - The Talent Business
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* [[Tracy Myhill]], Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust
* [[Christine Svendsen]], United States - Sapphire Books
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* [[Philip Bourchier O'Ferrall]], Outernet Global
* [[Andrew Swaffield]], Great Britain - Monarch Airlines Group
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* [[Paul Reed]],  BP IST
* [[Robert Taylor]], Great Britain - Kleinwort Benson Private Banking
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* [[Iain Renwick]], Liberty department store
* [[Peter Thiel]], United States - PayPal
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* [[David Shelley]], Hachette Publishing
* [[Sander van 't Noordende]], Netherlands - Accenture
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* [[Andrew Swaffield]], Monarch Airlines Group
* [[Derek Walker]], Great Britain - Wales Cooperative Centre
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* [[Robert Taylor]], Kleinwort Benson Private Banking
* [[Jaime Watt]], Canada - Navigator Ltd.
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* [[Derek Walker]], Wales Cooperative Centre
* [[Jeff Weeden]], Australia - Forager Funds Management
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* [[Sarah Weir]], Aldsgate Group
* [[Sarah Weir]], Great Britain - Aldsgate Group
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* [[Stephen Whitehead]], ABPI (The Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries)
* [[Rick Welts]], United States - Phoenix Suns Basketball Team
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* [[Julie Wilson]], Optimus Cards Group
* [[Stephen Whitehead]], Great Britain - ABPI (The Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries)
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* [[Massey Whiteknife]], Canada - ICEIS Safety
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'''Greece'''
* [[Dave Wilkin]], Canada - Redwood Strategic
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* [[Nikos Morantis]], Travel by Interest
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'''Ireland'''
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* [[Alan Joyce]], Quantas Airways
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* [[Martin Shanahan]], IDA Ireland
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'''Japan'''
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* [[Moriaki Kida]], Ernst & Young Japan
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'''Spain'''
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* [[Alfonso Cobo]], Unfold
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* [[Jesus Encinar]], Idealista.com
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'''Sweden'''
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* [[Peter Arvai]], Prezi
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'''Thailand'''
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* [[Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip]], JKN Global Products Public Company Limited
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'''The Netherlands'''
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* [[Sander van 't Noordende]], Ranstad NV, Accenture
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'''United States'''
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* [[George Arison]], GrindR
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* [[Sam Altman]], OpenAI
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* [[Zel Anders]], Tomboy Tailors
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* [[Diane Anderson-Minshall]], Pride Media
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* [[Susan Arnold]], Proctor & Gamble
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* [[Michael Belkin]], Distinc..t
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* [[Riese Bernard]], Autostraddle
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* [[Sue Black]], Milwaukee Wave
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* [[David Bohnett]] - GeoCities, Baroda Ventures
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* [[Sharon Brackett]], Tiresias Technologies
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* [[Harlan Bratcher]], Reed Krakoff, A/X Armani Exchange
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* [[Michelle Brooke-Marciniak]], SHEEX, Inc.
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* [[Zach Buchwald]], Russell Investments
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* [[Trevor Burgess]], Neptune Flood Insurance, C1 Bank
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* [[Martha Michele Burns]], Mercer, Marsh & McLennan
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* [[Elizabeth Burr]], Rite Aid
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* [[Michael C. Camunez]], CEO Monarch Global Strategies
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* [[Sarah Carson]], Leota (women's wear fashion)
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* [[Natasha Case]], Coolhaus (ice cream products company)
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* [[Demion Clinco]], Frontier Consulting Group, Inc.
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* [[James Cole Jr.]], Jasco
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* [[Paul Colichman]], Here! Media
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* [[Chip Conley]], Joe de Vivre Hospitality
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* [[Tim Cook]], Apple Inc.
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* [[Ruth Crowell]], London Bullion Market Association
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* [[Barry Diller]], IAC/Interactive Corp, Expedia Inc.
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* [[Daniel Duty]], Conlego
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* [[Amy Errett]], Madison Reed, Olivia
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* [[James Fitterling]], Dow Chemical Company
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* [[Beth Ford]], Land'O Lakes, Inc.
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* [[Jeff Gennette]], Macy's, Inc.
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* [[Tim Gill]], Quark; Gill Action Fund
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* [[Robert Greenblatt]], NBC Entertainment
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* [[Jason Grenfell-Gardner]], IGI Laboratories
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* [[Robert Hanson]], John Hardy Inc, American Eagle Outfitters
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* [[Paul Hastings]], Nkarta Therapeutics
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* [[Ari Hoffman]], Ted Baker, Scotch & Soda, Benetton, Gant
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* [[Moj Mahdara]], Beautycon Media
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* [[Rose Marcario]], Patagonia
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* [[Chris McCarthy]], MTV/VH1/Logo
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* [[Kevin McClatchy]], Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Club
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* [[Jonathan Mildenhall]], TwentyFirstCenturyBrand
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* [[Henry Munoz III]], Munoz & Company
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* [[Ken Ohashi]], Brooks Brothers
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* [[Irma Olguin Jr.]], Bitwise Industries
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* [[Lisa Padilla]], Beryl Therapeutics
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* [[Jennifer Pritzker]], Tawani Enterprises
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* [[Jana Rich]], Rich Talent Group
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* [[Tom Rielly]], PlanetOut
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* [[Tanisha Robinson]], W*nder
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* [[Rich Ross]], Discover Channel, Shine America, Walt Disney Studios
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* [[Martine Rothblatt]], United Therapeutics
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* [[Angela Ruggiero]], Sports Innovation Lab
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* [[Joseph Schneier]], Trusty.care
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* [[Tristan Schukraft]], MISTR (telemedicine)
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* [[Jeffrey Schwarz]], Automat Pictures
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* [[Lauren Scott]], Alkcon Corporation
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* [[Paul Sekhri]], eGenesis
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* [[Laura Shawver]], Silverback Therapeutics
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* [[Jim Shreve]], Baccarat North America
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* [[Darrell Silver]], Thinkful
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* [[Joel Simkhai]], Grindr
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* [[Peter Sisson]], Line2
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* [[Megan Smith]], PlanetOut
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* [[Myrna Soto]], Apogee Executive Advisors
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* [[Theresa Sparks]], Good Vibrations
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* [[Christine Svendsen]], Sapphire Books
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* [[Alicia Syrett]], Pantegrion Capital LLC
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* [[Peter Thiel]], PayPal
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* [[Wayne Ting]], Lime (electric vehicle company)
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* [[Geoffroy van Raemdonck]], Nieman Marcus Bergdorf Goodman
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* [[Raymond Watt]], Omnislash, Inc.
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* [[Rick Welts]], Phoenix Suns Basketball Team
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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* [[Noteworthy LGBTQ Individuals in the Accounting Profession]]
 
* [[Noteworthy LGBTQ Individuals in the Accounting Profession]]
 
* [[Human Resource Professionals Who Are LGBTQ]]
 
* [[Human Resource Professionals Who Are LGBTQ]]
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* [[Marketing Professionals Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
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* [[Prominent LGBTQ Philanthropists and Donors]]
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* [[LGBTQ Billionaires]]
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* [[LGBTQ Venture Capitalists and Startup Advisors]]
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* [[LGBTQ Bankers]]
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* [[Investment and Wealth Management and the LGBTQ Community]]
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* [[Corporate Diversity and Inclusion Officers Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
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* [[The LGBTQ Presence in the Insurance Industry]]
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* [[Transgender Business Leaders]]
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* [[LGBTQ Chief Legal, Compliance and Risk Officers]]
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* [[Chief Operating Officers of Business Enterprises Who Are LGBTQ]]
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* [[Chamber of Commerce LGBTQ Leaders]]
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* [[Public Relations Experts From the LGBTQ Community]]
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* [[Chief of Staff Positions Held by LGBTQ Individuals]]
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* [[Auto and Transportation Experts Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==

Revision as of 14:23, 23 March 2024

LGBTQ CEOs

History was made in 2014 when Tim Cook, the Chief Executive Officer of Apple Inc, publicly announced that he was gay. He is the first CEO of a Fortune 500 company to openly declare himself a member of the LGBTQ community. Tim Cook's venerable global profile ensured that his announcement became news around the world. This represented a major step forward in the both the visibility of the LGBTQ community and its fight for equality. His announcement filled a gap that existed in the advancement of LGBTQ rights around the world - the lack of an active LGBTQ business leader.

It is important to have prominent LGBTQ individuals in the business community. These individuals represent the public face of their corporations. As such, the CEOs represent the company's employees, many of whom also identify as LGBTQ - having an out CEO shows their inclusion in the organization. It also shows that one's sexual preference is not a barrier to either promotion or the ability to successfully manage a business enterprise. The confidence for a CEO to be comfortable with his/her sexual preference reveals the honesty of the individual, thereby reflecting the values inherent in the company's culture. Public disclosure shows leadership by example, an important trait in motivating others within a company.

The presence of LGBTQ Chief Executive Officers in business enterprises helps to advance the efforts for global human rights. These business enterprises operate differently from government organizations and non-profits through extensive networks of suppliers and customers. By having visible LGBTQ leadership in the organization they are sending a message to those partners that being a member of a minority group does not impair the economic functioning of the relationship that has been established.

There are many more current and past Chief Executive Officers of business companies around the world who identify as LGBTQ. These leaders represent industries such as media, technology, fashion, communications, sports, biotechnology, consulting, publishing,, finance, hospitality, manufacturing, and more. The CEOs come from Canada, Austria, Great Britain, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Australia and the United States.

Argentina

  • Hernan Lopez, Fox International, Fox Latin American Channels

Australia

Austria

Canada

Denmark

France

Germany

  • Eva Kreienkamp, Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe AöR (BVG, Berlin's transportation network)

Great Britain

Greece

Ireland

Japan

Spain

Sweden

Thailand

The Netherlands

United States

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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