10 Richest Private Equity Moguls
Thomas Lee
The American businessman, financier and investor, Thomas H. Lee, is credited with being one of the untimely pioneers in private equity and specifically leveraged buyouts. His firm, Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL) is among the oldest and largest private equity firms globally. Lee is currently the Managing Partner of Lee Equity Partners, a private equity firm he founded in 2006 after leaving Thomas H. Lee Partners. He has stakes in Dunkin Donuts which went public the Nielsen Company. His other notable bets include one in Papa Murphy's, a quick-service restaurant that lets you take the pizza home to bake, and in PDR Network, a physicans' reference book on prescription drugs. He is ranked at 854th position and his net worth is estimated to be around $1.4 billion.
