Top 10 Richest Gay Men in The World (2022)

The media has often portrayed the LGBTQ community as a group of people with tons of money and fewer economic struggles than the rest of the population. Although that is slightly different from reality they are still a few individuals in the LGBTQ community who are part of the richest people in the world. So in celebration of Pride Month, we have made a compilation of the top 10 richest gay men in the world in 2022.

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This is a graphical representation of the richest people in the LGBTQ community. Taking the lead is an American producer and Film Executive, David Geffen, with an estimated net worth of $10 Billion. Geffen is an entertainment mogul and presently the richest gay person in the world. He co-founded Asylum Records with Elliot Roberts, in 1970 and was responsible for the management of many famous bands and singers.

Following Geffen is Italian Fashion designer, Giorgio Armani with an estimated net worth of $7.2 Billion. The Fashion mogul is the founder of the Armani Company. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana,  founders of the luxury fashion house Dolce & Gabbana (D&G) are also on the list, both with an estimated net worth of $1.4 Billion.

German-American entrepreneur, Peter Thiel is one of the richest gay men in the world in 2022, with an estimated net worth of $4.7 Billion.  He was the co-founder of Co-finnity, a payment platform that merged with Elon Musk’s X.com to form Paypal in 1998. With an estimated net worth of $4 Billion,  Jon Stryker also takes his place among the richest gay men in the World in 2022.

Also on the list is Stein Erik Hagen, a Norwegian businessman and bi-sexual person with an estimated net worth of $2.4 Billion. The Chief Executive Officer of Apple, Tim Cook, and  American enterpriser, Jennifer Pritzker, are part of the richest gay people in the world, both with an estimated net worth of $2 Billion. The founder and CEO of GT’s Living Foods, George Thomas Dave concludes the list, with an estimated net worth of $1 Billion.

Richest Gay Men in The World (Full List)

1. David Geffen

American producer and Film Executive, David Geffen is the richest gay person in the world, with an estimated net worth of $10 Billion according to Forbes. The entertainment mogul is also on the list of billionaires who dropped out of college to build a fortune for themselves.

David Geffen got into the entertainment business in 1961. He co-founded Asylum Records with Elliot Roberts, in 1970 and was responsible for the management of many famous bands and singers.

He also founded Geffen Records in 1980, DGC Records in 1990, and DreamWorks pictures alongside Steven Speilberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg in 1994. The studio has produced or distributed more than 10 films that have grossed more than $100 million each.

Geffen came out as gay in 1992, and in 2007 topped Out magazine’s list of the fifty “Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America”.

2. Giorgio Armani

The richest fashion designer in the world, Giorgio Armani with an estimated net worth of $7.2 Billion, takes second place among the richest gay men in the world. The Italian Fashion Designer and entrepreneur is the founder of the Armani Company.

The Armani company started as a boutique in 1965 dealing only in menswear but later dealing evolved into women’s clothing. He now has over 300 boutiques around the world and is generally regarded as one of the first designers to bring the Italian fashion style to an international audience.

Apart from the Armani fashion brand,  Giorgio Armani has also ventured into housewares (Armani Casa), Confectionary (Armani Dolci), and Florist service (Armani Fiori) and also, and Hotels (Armani Hotels).

The legendary designer is notoriously private about his own sexuality.  However, in 2000 he told Vanity Fair that he had women and sometimes men in his life

3.  Peter Thiel

German-American entrepreneur, Peter Thiel is one of the richest gay men in the world in 2022, with an estimated net worth of $4.7 Billion, According to Forbes.  He was the co-founder of Co-finnity, a payment platform that merged with Elon Musk’s X.com to form Paypal in 1998. He served as the Chief executive Officer of the Company until it was acquired by eBay in 2002 for  $1.5 billion.

After PayPal, Thiel founded Clarium Capital, a global macro hedge fund based in San Francisco. In 2003, he launched Palantir Technologies, a big data analysis company, serving as its chairman since its inception. In 2005, he launched Founders Fund with PayPal partners Ken Howery and Luke Nosek.

Thiel is also a venture capitalist, and political activist, he was the first outside investor in Facebook and made early-stage investments in numerous startups such as Airbnb, Spotify,  SpaceX, Quora, Stripe, AltSchool, and many others.

In 2007, Gawker published a feature that claimed Thiel was homosexual. While he denounced the article, he subsequently came out as gay and currently lives in Los Angeles with his husband, Matt Danzeisen.

4. Jon Stryker

Jon Stryker is an American architect, philanthropist, and billionaire heir to the Stryker Corporation medical technology company fortune. With an estimated net worth of $4 Billion,  Jon Stryker is one of the richest gay men in the World in 2022.

Stryker was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He is the youngest grandchild of Homer Hartman Stryker, founder of the medical supply company Stryker Corporation. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in biology from Kalamazoo College in 1982 and a Master of Architecture degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

The 63-year-old is a registered architect in Michigan and is president of Depot Landmark LLC, a development company specializing in the rehabilitation of historic buildings. He is also a founding board member of Greenleaf Trust, a privately owned bank in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Stryker, who is openly gay, remains one of the world’s top philanthropic donors to LGBT causes. He is the founder of is the founder and president of Arcus Foundation, which primarily supports great ape conservation efforts and LGBT social justice. The organization has awarded over $500 million in grants to LGBT causes

5. Stein Erik Hagen

Stein Erik Hagen is a Norwegian businessman and bi-sexual person with an estimated net worth of $2.4 Billion, According to Forbes, making him one of the richest gay men in the world in 2022.

He is chairman of Orkla, where he is a major shareholder, and holds large stakes in Steen & Strøm, Jernia and Komplett through his family company Canica. He founded the RIMI discount store chain along with his father in the 1970s and retained ownership until 2004.

Hagen reportedly owns one of the biggest sailboats in Europe and used to own his own island in the Caribbean.

Regarding his sexuality, Hagen came out as bisexual on the Norwegian-Swedish talk show Skavlan in 2015. He said on the show that his ex-wives and family have known about his sexuality for many years.

6. Jennifer Pritzker

Jennifer Pritzker is an American enterpriser who transitioned into a woman in August 2013, making her the first richest transgender and one of the richest gay men in the world in 2022.  She was formally known as James Pritzker before her transition in 2013.

She inherited stakes in her family’s Hyatt Hotels chain and other industrial companies run by her late father Robert, and his brothers Jay and Donald. Jennifer is also the CEO and President of Tawani Enterprises, a wealth management company that’s heavily involved in historic preservation, sustainability, and other philanthropic efforts.

Prior to her business career, The 71-year-old served in the US Army from 1974 – to 2001, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. She was later bestowed a promotion to full Colonel by the Illinois Army National Guard.

Jennifer was a republican and a supporter of the Donald administration until his 2017 tweet where he revealed his intentions to ban transgender from the military.

7. Tim Cook

The Chief Executive Officer of Apple, Tim Cook, with an estimated net worth of $2 Billion, according to Forbes, is one of the richest gay men in the world in 2022. The American business executive and engineer have been the chief executive officer of Apple Inc. since 2011.

Cook was born in Alabama in the United States, He earned a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from Auburn University in 1982 and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Duke University in 1988. He spent 12 years in IBM’s personal computer business, ultimately serving as the director of North American fulfillment.

He also served as the chief operating officer of the computer reseller division of Intelligent Electronics. In 1997, he became the vice president for corporate materials at Compaq for six months but left the position after being hired by Steve Jobs. Cook joined Apple in March 1998 as a senior vice president for worldwide operations, and then served as the executive vice president for worldwide sales and operations. He was made the chief executive on August 24, 2011.

In 2014, Cook became the first chief executive of a Fortune 500 company to publicly come out as gay, after coming out via an editorial for Bloomberg Business. He said, “I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.”

8. Domenico Dolce

Domenico Dolce is an Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur. He and his longtime partner, Stefano Gabbana founded the luxury fashion house Dolce & Gabbana (D&G) in 1985. Domenico is one of the world’s most influential fashion designers and an industry icon.

Dolce was born in Sicily, in 1958. His father was a tailor and his mother sold fabrics and apparel. He moved to Milan to attend the fashion design school Istituto Marangoni, but he dropped out before graduating, confident he knew enough to work in the industry.

He met Stefano Gabbana in 1980. The pair became romantic partners in 1982 and subsequently launched Dolce & Gabbana in 1985. Over the years, the brand became a fashion stalwart and branched out into fragrance, eyewear, and accessories. In 2003, Dolce and Gabbana announced their split but continued their professional relationship.

With an estimated net worth of $1.4 billion, according to Forbes, Domenico Dolce is one of the richest gay men in the world in 2022.

9. Stefano Gabbana

Domenico Dolce’s longtime partner, Stefano Gabbana, with an estimated net worth of $1.4 Billion, according to Forbes takes ninth place among the richest gay men in the world in 2022. As earlier stated Stefano co-founded the luxury fashion house Dolce & Gabbana (D&G) alongside Domenico in 1958.

Gabbana was born in Milan to a father who worked in a printing factory and a mother who worked for a laundry service.  He graduated from the Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche, a design institute in Rome before eating Domenico in 1980.

The Dolce & Gabbana brand made its fashion show debut at Milano Collezioni’s Nuovi Talenti (New Talents) in October 1985. In March 1986, D&G released its first collection and held its own show, “Real Women.” In 1987, the first D&G store opened in Milan, at 7 Via Santa Cecilia. The brand attained the international limelight after Madonna picked them to design the outfits for her ‘Girlie’ tour in 1993.

10. GT Dave

George Thomas Dave is an American businessman and the founder and CEO of the kombucha company GT’s Living Foods. He was the first person to bring kombucha, a fermented, lightly effervescent, sweetened black or green tea drink commonly consumed for its purported health benefits, to the market. His company currently owns 40% of the U.S. kombucha market.

Dave began brewing kombucha in his home. His first sale of kombucha (which he marketed as GT’s Kombucha) was to Erewhon Natural Foods in 1995, when he sold two cases (24 bottles). The company has now grown into a multi-million dollar conglomerate producing over one million bottles per year on its 100,000-square-foot campus in Vernon.

Dave has declined multiple acquisition offers and remains the sole owner of the company. With an estimated net worth of $1 billion according to Forbes,  Dave is one of the richest gay men in the world in 2022.

Summary

Here is a recap of the richest gay men in the world and their estimated net worth in 2022, according to Forbes.

• David Geffen – $10 Billion
• Giorgio Armani – $7.2 Billion
• Peter Thiel – $4.7 Billion
• Jon Stryker – $4 Billion
•  Stein Erik Hagen – $2.4 Billion
• Jennifer Pritzker – $2 Billion
• Tim Cook – $2 Billion
• Domenico Dolce – $1.4
• Stefano Gabbana – $1.4 Billion
• GT Dave – $1 Billion