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The legacy of the late buyout tycoon and philanthropist Thomas H. Lee is in the process of being written.
Thomas H Lee's death was declared a suicide by the city medical examiner's office with a 'gunshot wound of head' listed as the cause of death
With a net worth of around $2 billion, Lee was best known for notching a 334% return from his 1992 purchase of Snapple Beverage
The death has been reported of Thomas H. Lee, a billionaire financier that pioneered private equity and company buyouts in the United States. Lee, 78, was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his Manhattan office on Thursday. Forbes estimated that he was worth $2 billion at the time of his death, Daily Mail reports.
Known as pioneer of equity investment, Thomas Lee was a friend of former US President Bill Clinton, and his wife and former Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.