A billionaire financier and investor was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his office in New York City on Thursday.



Thomas H. Lee was confirmed dead in a statement released by his family. He was 78.



Police responded to Lee's office at 767 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan around 11:10 a.m. His firm, Thomas H. Lee Capital, LLC is located on the sixth floor of the building.



Lee, a Harvard graduate, had a net worth of roughly $2 billion at the time of his death, according to Forbes.

Police found the billionaire's body at the office. EMTs pronounced him dead at the scene. Lee's official cause of death will be determined by the Chief Medical Examiner.

The family's spokesperson Michael Sitrick released a statement about Lee's death on Thursday: 'The family is extremely saddened by Tom's death.

Lee was a good friend of Bill and Hillary Clinton and in June 2008, following Hillary's unsuccessful presidential run, the couple reportedly stayed at his East Hampton home.



Over the past 46 years, Lee was responsible for investing more than $15 billion of capital in hundreds of transactions, including the acquisition and subsequent sales of such brand names as Snapple Beverages and Warner Music.

He was also known as a philanthropist and trustee who served on the boards of many organizations, including the Lincoln Center, the Museum of Modern Art, Brandeis University, Harvard University and the Museum of Jewish Heritage.

He deff was on the lolita express

The Clintons must be so distraught this week. Just the other day a former aide of theirs committed suicide as well!

That one was 9 months ago but it was just ruled a suicide.

Guy was tied to a tree with an electrical cord and shot in the chest and the gun was 30 feet away. Yeah.