Power List 2013: CLIVE DAVIS

April 10 2013 7:41 AM EST

September 25 2018 3:56 AM EST

Sony Music Executive, 81

Music industry icon Davis, who helped make the careers of Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, and Kelly Clarkson, talked about his sexuality for the first time in early February. In his memoir, Davis revealed that he's been in a relationship with a man for the past nine years -- admitting he could be similarly attracted to a woman. He's privately been out to his children and close friends for years.

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