Thomas Lee

$1.98B

as of 02/23/23

About Thomas Lee

Thomas Lee is best known for orchestrating the sale of Snapple for $1.7 billion in 1994, two years after he bought it, at a return of 32 times equity.

Today Lee is president of private equity firm Lee Equity Partners, which typically invests $50 million to $150 million.

Among his current investments are Summit Behavioral Healthcare, fertility-care provider Prelude Fertility and Taco Bell operator K-Mac Holdings.

The art dealer's son owns works by artists like Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock and is a trustee of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

private equity

Birth date

03/27/44

Number of children

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Harvard University

Self-made

self-made

Thomas Lee’s fortune is worth

33K

troy ounces of gold

30K

median U.S. household

20K

median U.S. income

0.04%

U.S. credit card volume

0.008%

GDP of the United States

0.006%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Lee's grandfather founded retail outfit Shoe Corporation of America in 1905.