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John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley (born Hamburg, 1948) is a gay British businessman, formerly Chief Executive of BP.

In 1966, while still at Cambridge, he joined BP (then the British Petroleum Company) as an apprentic. He worked for the company throughout his career, rising to Chief Executive in 1998. In 1998 he was knighted, and in 2001 he was appointed by the House of Lords Appointments Commission as one of the new "people's peers".

In 2007 he resigned from BP amid a controversy, prompted by an article in the Mail on Sunday about his relationship with a former partner, the Canadian Jeff Chevalier. He has since described the tensions that were caused thoughout his career by the need to hide his sexual orientation.

He is listed number 36 in the Independent on Sunday's Pink List 2011.

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-'''John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley''' (born Hamburg, 1948) is a gay British businessman, formerly CHief Executive of BP.
+'''John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley''' (born Hamburg, 1948) is a gay British businessman, formerly Chief Executive of BP.
-In 1966, while still at Cambridge, he joined BP (then the British Petroleum Company) as an apprentice, anmd worked for the company throughout his career, rising to Chief Executive in 1998. In 1998 he was knighted, and in 2001 he was appointed by the House of Lords Appointments Commission as one of the new "people's peers".
+In 1966, while still at Cambridge, he joined BP (then the British Petroleum Company) as an apprentic. He worked for the company throughout his career, rising to Chief Executive in 1998. In 1998 he was knighted, and in 2001 he was appointed by the House of Lords Appointments Commission as one of the new "people's peers".
-In 2007 he resigned form BP amid a controversy, prompted by an article in the ''Mail on Sunday'' about his relatiaonhip with a former partner, the Canadian Jeff Chevalier. He has since described the tensions that were caused thoughout his career by the need to hide his sexual orientation.
+In 2007 he resigned from BP amid a controversy, prompted by an article in the ''Mail on Sunday'' about his relationship with a former partner, the Canadian Jeff Chevalier. He has since described the tensions that were caused thoughout his career by the need to hide his sexual orientation.
 He is listed number 36 in the <cite>Independent on Sunday</cite>'s [[Pink List 2011]].