Billionaire Private Equity Titan Thomas Lee Tuag Thaum 78

Tojsiab

Billionaire Thomas H. Lee—tus thawj tswj hwm kev ncaj ncees ntiag tug uas paub txog kev tswj hwm Snapple hauv xyoo 1992 thiab muag nws tsuas yog ob xyoos tom qab ntawd ntawm 32 npaug ntawm kev ncaj ncees-tau tuag thaum muaj hnub nyoog 78 xyoo, nws tsev neeg hais rau hmo Thursday.

Cov Lus Tseem Ceeb

Tus cev lus thiab tsev neeg tus phooj ywg Michael Sitrick tau lees paub Lee txoj kev tuag nyob rau hauv nqe lus uas tsis tau sau npe ua rau tuag tab sis hais tias nws "tsev neeg tu siab heev."

Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Tub Ceev Xwm New York tsis lees paub tias nws tuag, tab sis Det. Arthur Tsui hais Forbes Cov kev kho mob xwm txheej ceev tau teb rau 911 hu rau hauv ib qho chaw ua haujlwm ntawm 767 Fifth Avenue hauv Manhattan-lub tsev rau lub tuam txhab ntiag tug ntiag tug Lee tau tsim-tom qab 11 teev tsaus ntuj hnub Thursday thiab tshaj tawm ib tus neeg tsis paub tus neeg tuag ntawm qhov chaw.

cov New York Post tau tshaj tawm Lee tau tuag ntawm tus kheej qhov mob phom sij, hais txog cov tub ceev xwm tsis muaj npe (Tsui tsis tau hais tawm hauv tsab ntawv ceeb toom, thiab hais tias New York City tus kws kuaj mob lub chaw haujlwm tseem ua haujlwm los txiav txim qhov ua rau tuag).

Kev Nkag Siab Hais

"Thaum lub ntiaj teb paub nws ua ib tus pioneers hauv kev lag luam kev ncaj ncees thiab ua lag luam ua tau zoo, peb paub nws zoo li tus txiv siab tawv, txiv, yawg, kwv tij, phooj ywg thiab tus neeg siab dawb uas ib txwm muab lwm tus xav tau ua ntej nws tus kheej," tsev neeg hais.

Forbes Kev Ntsuas

We kwv yees Lee tus nqi ntawm $ 2 nphom, ua rau nws yog 1,507 tus neeg nplua nuj tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb.

Tus Keeb Kwm Tseem Ceeb

Ib haiv neeg Boston, Lee nrhiav tau Thomas H. Lee Partners yuav luag ib ib nrab xyoo dhau los, nkag mus rau lub leveraged buyout lag luam nrog lub qhov muag rau mid-loj tuam txhab uas muag nrog kev loj hlob muaj peev xwm. Cov nyiaj tau paub hauv nws cov xyoo thaum ntxov rau kev nrhiav cov tuam txhab xws li Sterling Jewelers, tab sis Lee ua nws lub npe los ntawm kev yuav Snapple. Lub tuam txhab tshuaj yej iced muag tau nce siab thaum Lee ob xyoos ntawm kev tswj hwm, thiab nws tau muag rau Quaker Oats rau $ 1.7 nphom hauv xyoo 1994, khwv tau nws cov nyiaj $ 927 lab ntawm $ 28 lab pib nqis peev. Tom qab ntawd nws lub tuam txhab tau koom tes nrog kev cog lus los yuav Experian, Dunkin 'Brand, Warner Music Group thiab Houghton Mifflin.