In 2007, John Browne, Lord Browne of Madingley, resigned as chief executive of the British oil giant BP after being outed as gay by the tabloid The Mail on Sunday: “The True story about Lord Browne — by ex-rent boy lover.”Mr. Browne said then, “I have always regarded my sexuality as a personal matter,” tacitly confirming that he was gay.Now, he has written a candid and unsparing book about his tortured life as a closeted gay chief executive, “The Glass Closet: Why Coming Out Is Good for Business.”
via John Browne, Former Chief of BP, on Being a Closeted Executive – NYTimes.com.