With the exits of Apple’s Tim Cook and Dow’s Jim Fitterling, the Fortune 500 is losing two groundbreaking gay CEOs—leaving just one

Fortune•Sat, Jun 20, 2026, 07:00 AM•2 min read

The departures expose how fragile LGBTQ+ gains in the C‑suite really are.

Source: [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/06/20/apple-tim-cook-dow-jim-fitterling-lgbtq-gay-equity-succession/)

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