Notable Lesbians
This week’s Notable Lesbian is:
Suze Orman
June 5, 1951
Suze Orman is a financial adviser, author and television personality. She came from a working-class background and has said that she did not “grow up with money.” 
Orman literally worked her way to the top. She was an undergraduate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from which she holds a B.A. in social work. In 1973, she and some friends moved to Berkeley, California, where she became a waitress at the Buttercup Bakery until 1980. From 1980-1983, she was trained by and worked as an account executive at Merrill Lynch, and from 1983-87 she was Vice President of Investments for Prudential Bache Securities. In 1987, Orman founded her own business, the Suze Orman Financial Group, which she directed from 1987-1997.
In February 2007, Orman told The New York Times magazine that she is a lesbian. Her partner of seven years is Kathy Travis, a co-producer on The Suze Orman Show. In the interview, Orman said that she wishes she could marry her partner partly because it would save them both a lot of money. She then says, “It’s killing me that upon death, K.T. is going to lose 50 percent of everything I have to estate taxes. Or vice versa.”
Interesting tid bit:
Orman has a Q&A advice section in Oprah Winfrey’s popular monthly magazine O, alongside Dr. Phil’s advice section. She also writes a biweekly column (as of Jan 2007) on Yahoo!’s Finance page. For many years, she has contributed on a monthly basis to Costco Connection, a magazine published by the membership wholesaler.
Suze Orman books include:
• The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom (1997)
• You’ve Earned It, Don’t Lose It: Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make
• When You Retire (with Linda Mead) (1997)
• The Courage to Be Rich (1998)
• The Road to Wealth (2001)
• The Laws of Money, the Lessons of Life… (2003)
• The Money Book for the Young Fabulous and Broke (2005)
• Women and Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny (2007)
• Identity Theft Kit
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