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.
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.
Who is Thomas H. Lee’s first wife Barbara F. Lee?
Barbara Fish Lee is an American philanthropist. She is the founder and CEO of the Barbara Lee Family Foundation and the Barbara Lee Political Office, both located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Major targets of Lee’s donations include the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.
Boston Magazine listed her as one of “Boston’s Most Powerful Thought Leaders,” as well as one of “The 100 People Who Run This Town”. Boston Magazine also recognizes her as one of Boston’s “50 Most Powerful Women”.
Women’s eNews ranks her among the “21 Leaders for the 21st Century”. In 2015, Lee’s contributions to various causes totaled upwards of $1.6 million. She is one of the top fifty national contributors to political campaigns and the third-highest of all female contributors. She is best known for how nearly every person that she supports, be they political candidates or artists, identifies as a woman.
She was Lee’s first wife. However, they divorced after Lee confessed to the public the fact that he had an affair with a woman who was later tried for extortion.
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