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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.
American millionaire Thomas Lee committed suicide on Thursday at the age of 78 in his Manhattan office, according to a story in the New York Post. Lee was regarded as a pioneer of leveraged buyouts and private equity investing. On Thursday morning about 11:10 a.m. local time, police responded to an emergency 911 call and found the businessman deceased at his Fifth Avenue Manhattan office
The gun that was recovered by his side was licensed and registered to Lee in New York City, according to sources.
/PRNewswire/ -- "The family is extremely saddened by Tom's death. While the world knew him as one of the pioneers in the private equity business and a...
The billionaire financier was pronounced dead after first responders found him with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in New York on Thursday.