One of Norway's richest men is billionaire Stein Erik Hagen and he's just come out of the closet--and he may be the richest single gay man in the world!
Stein Erik Hagen, has come out as gay at the age of 59.
Coming out to NRK, he said: ‘I realized that I was gay in adulthood. When I was in my 20s we did not know what it was. We had heard about it, but it was not something we associated ourselves with.’
He was born in July 1956 and the law decriminalizing homosexuality in Norway didn’t come in until he was 16-years-old, he said.
But while he has never been open about his sexuality, Hagen has been a gay rights campaigner for years.
He campaigned for acceptance in the church, investing hundreds of thousands of krone into the fight.
Hagen is said to worth between $2.4-$3.6 billion dollars.