Billionaire investor Thomas H. Lee dead at 78, family says
"Our hearts are broken. We ask that our privacy be respected and that we be allowed to grieve," his family wrote in a statement.
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"Our hearts are broken. We ask that our privacy be respected and that we be allowed to grieve," his family wrote in a statement.
Billionaire financier Thomas H. Lee was discovered by his female assistant in his office bathroom with a gunshot wound to his head and his Smith & Wesson revolver by his side.
Billionaire financier and investor Thomas H. Lee, 78, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his office on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
Thomas H. Lee, a private equity financier who pioneered the use of leveraged buyouts that helped to reshape corporate America, has died, according to a notice from his former firm
The New York Post, citing unidentified police sources, reported Lee was discovered dead on Thursday morning at his Fifth Avenue Manhattan office, headquarters of his investment firm, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.