[1] Don Romesburg, "Dream Worker: Music Magnate David Geffen Comes Out", The Advocate, 28 April 1998, starting, "Billionaire David Geffen came out publicly as a gay man in 1992, announcing at AIDS Project Los Angeles's Commitment to Life dinner, "As a gay man I have come a long way to be here tonight."
Father: Abraham Geffen (scholar, d. 1961)
Mother: Batya Volovskaya (corset maker)
Brother: Mitchell Geffen (older)
Girlfriend: Cher (broken engagement, 1973-74)
Girlfriend: Marlo Thomas (ex)
Boyfriend: Steve Antin (together in late 1980s)
High School: New Utrecht High School, Brooklyn, NY
University: Brooklyn College
University: University of Texas at Austin
DreamWorks SKG Partner (1994-2006)
CBS Studio Usher
Al Franken for Senate
amfAR National Council
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Gore 2000
John Kerry for President
McCain 2000
New Leadership for America PAC
Obama for America
Obama for Illinois
Progressive Patriots Fund
Voters for Choice
Wedding: Larry Fortensky and Elizabeth Taylor (1991)
Russian Ancestry Paternal
Ukrainian Ancestry Maternal
Jewish Ancestry
AKA David Lawrence Geffen