US billionaire financier Thomas Lee dies at 78 by suicide

America's billionaire Thomas H. Lee committed suicide in his Manhattan office on Thursday (February 23). He was 78 years old. The New York Post gave this information. Thomas Lee was called the pioneer of personal equity investing and leveraged buy outs.

The US billionaire businessman was pronounced dead at 11:10 a.m. local time at his Fifth Avenue Manhattan office, the headquarters of his investment firm. The outlet reported that Thomas H. Lee took his own life with a gun. Wound marks were found on his body.

Dead body was lying on the bathroom floor

There was no trace of billionaire Thomas Achley since morning. After this his search was started. Then the female helper saw her body on the floor of the office bathroom. Apart from this, when the female helper saw his body, she found that he had been shot and was lying on the ground.

According to a Fox News report, Thomas H. Lee's family friend and spokesman Michael Sitric said in a statement that the family is deeply saddened by Tom's death. The world knew him as a pioneer in the private equity business and a successful businessman. We knew him as a devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, friend and philanthropist who always put the needs of others before his own.

Investment of over $15 billion

Thomas Lee served as the President and CEO of H. Lee Partners, which he founded in 1974. After this, in the year 2006, Thomas Lee Equity was established. He was the founder and chairman of Equity. During his lifetime, he served as a trustee and philanthropist at Lincoln Center, the Museum of Modern Art, Brandeis University, Harvard University, and the Jewish Heritage Museum. Over the past 46 years, he has made over $15 billion in investments, including buying and selling well-known brands such as Warner Music and Snapple Beverages.