The only openly transgender billionaire in the WORLD

The only openly transgender billionaire in the WORLDJennifer Pritzker is the world's openly known transgender billionaire, she is the CEO of Tawani Enterprises and has a net worth of $2 billion

by Obakeng Pholo

01-11-2022 12:39

in LGBTQIA+

While Jennifer Pritzker is known as the world's first trans billionaire, we have a few notable trailblazers in the trans community who have also made a fortune. Photo: AFP/Canva

Jennifer Pritzker is the only openly transgender billionaire with a net worth of $2 billion.

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Pritzker is a former army lieutenant colonel who came out as a transgender woman in 2013, she is the founder and CEO of the private wealth management firm Tawani Enterprises.

She forms part of a family of billionaires whose fortune largely comes from the founding and expansion of the Hyatt hotel chain.

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Jennifer Pritzker a former army lieutenant colonel who came out as a transgender woman in 2013, she is the founder and CEO of the private wealth management firm Tawani Enterprises. Photo: Wikipedia Her notoriety came in 2019 when she penned an opinion piece in the Washington Post on her experience as a trans person in the army and criticising Donald Trump and the Republican Party on their stance on transgender people in the military. She wrote:

I have hoped the Republican Party would reform from within and end its assault on the LGBTQ community. Yet, the party continues to champion policies that marginalize me out of existence

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RICHEST TRANSGENDER PEOPLE While Jennifer Pritzker is known as the world's first trans billionaire, we have a few notable trailblazers in the trans community who have also made a fortune, from the Wachowskis siblings the film director duo responsible for The Matrix and Laverne Cox from Orange is the black.

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Here are 6 of the richest openly trans people:

Jennifer Pritzker, 71 US$2 billion

Martine Rothblatt, 67 US$585 million

The Wachowskis siblings, 56 and 53 US$250 million

Caitlyn Jenner, 72 US$100 million

Laverne Cox, 49 US$4 million

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