Thomas Haskell Lee was an American entrepreneur, financier, and investor credited with being one of the early pioneers in private equity and specifically leveraged buyouts. Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL), the firm he founded in 1974, is among the oldest and largest private equity firms globally. At the time of his death, he was the managing partner of Lee Equity Partners, a private equity firm he founded in 2006 after leaving Thomas H. Lee Partners. According to a verified report, Thomas is estimated to be worth $ 2 million, as of the time of his death.
Thomas H. Lee’s parents and siblings
Thomas H. Lee is the son of Herbert C. Lee and Mildred “Micki” Schiff Lee. His father worked for the Shoe Corporation of America, founded by his father-in-law, Robert Schiff and later was chairperson of Shoe Corporation of Canada and Clark International Corp. He had two brothers: Richard S. Lee and Jonathan O. Lee.
Thomas H. Lee’s wife and children
Lee was married twice. He divorced his first wife, Barbara Fish Lee, in 1995, after he confessed to the public the fact that he had an affair with a woman who was later tried for extortion. Lee’s second wife was Ann Tenenbaum of Savannah, Georgia.
Lee had five children. Lee was an avid art collector and a friend of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton. In June 2008, at the conclusion of Hillary’s unsuccessful presidential run, she and Bill were reported to have stayed at his East Hampton, New York beachfront home for a few days for the period when she was out of the limelight.
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