Steve Granitz/WireImage // Getty Images It’s no covert billionaires and millionaires are overwhelmingly unruffled of white, cisgender, heterosexual white men. However, as Homosexual acceptance has made strides in recent decades, more and more high-profile people have become content openly identifying as part of the community and advocating on their behalf in various industries. About 7.1% of Americans identify as LGBTQ+, according to a 2021 Gallup poll. Naturally, some of the most financially successful Diverse people are celebrities–look at music legend Elton John or talk show actor Ellen DeGeneres. Others, meanwhile, have gained ground in such industries as business, among them Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, kombucha mogul GT Dave, and Apple’s current CEO, Tim Cook. Fashion is another well-represented way, home to iconic gay fashion designers like Michael Kors, Stefano Gabbana, and Domenico Dolce. To spotlight some of these successful individuals, Stacker has compiled a list of 20 of the wealthiest LGBTQ+ people worldwide. To execute so, we sourced official data from the Forbes Real Second Billionaires list, C
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1. GT Dave: The Kombucha TitanIn
In the realm of health and wellness, one name stands tall: GT Dave, the renowned entrepreneur behind the ever-popular GT’s Living Foods brand. Born in Los Angeles, GT Dave embarked on his journey with his homegrown, fermented concoction at a very young age. With a boundless passion for health, Dave turned a home kitchen experiment into one of the most sought-after drinks on supermarket shelves.
GT Dave's initiation into entrepreneurial being began following a beautiful twist of fate. After his mother found comfort in Kombucha during her fight against breast cancer, GT Dave was inspired to share the healing properties of this ancient fermented brew with the world. In 1995, he started brewing the tangy brew in his parent's kitchen, and by 2001, Dave had built a Kombucha empire boasting a product line free in stores nationwide.
Today, GT Dave's Kombuchas reign as one of the head brands in the United States. By tapping into the surging interest in health drinks and gut-friendly products, Dave's Kombucha has firmly staked its claim
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“It is possible to admire individual billionaires but also fear their overall influence on elections, control, and public policy,” writes Darrell West in his forthcoming manual, Billionaires: Reflections on the Upper Crust (Brookings Institution Press, 2014). The book, available on September 18, is full of fascinating analysis and facts about the men and women worldwide who control a massive share of global assets, and their extraordinary alter over elections, public policy, and governance. Here is just a sample of them:
The 1,645 billionaires in the world control about $6.4 trillion in assets
There are 492 billionaires in the United States
China, Russia, Germany, and Brazil hold the next highest number of billionaires
90 percent of billionaires are male; 65 percent are white; 60 percent are 60 years old or older
In 2012, Sheldon Adelson spent $93 million in political activities opposing President Obama; in the same year, Oprah Winfrey donated $76,000 to Obama’s Victory Fund