Thomas H. Lee (ɗan kasuwa)

**Thomas Haskell Lee** (Maris 27, 1944 - Fabrairu 23, 2023) ɗan kasuwa ne na Amurka mai kuɗi, mai kuɗi, kuma mai saka hannun jari wanda aka yaba da kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin farkon masu zuba jari a cikin hannun jari na masu zaman kansu da kuma musamman siyan kaya . Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL), kamfanin da ya kafa a 1974, yana cikin tsoffin kuma manyan kamfanonin hannun jari na masu zaman kansu a duniya. A lokacin rasuwarsa, shi ne babban abokin hulɗar Lee Equity Partners, wani kamfanin hannun jari mai zaman kansa da ya kafa a 2006 bayan ya bar Thomas H. Lee Partners. A cewar *Forbes*, yana da dukiyar dala $2&nbsp;biliyan a lokacin mutuwarsa.

## Farkon aikina
An haifi Lee a shekarar 1944 ga wani iyali na Yahudawa, ɗan Herbert C. Lee (wanda a da yake Leibowitz) da Mildred "Micki" Schiff Lee. Mahaifinsa ya yi aiki da Kamfanin Takalma na Amurka, wanda surukinsa Robert Schiff ya kafa, daga baya kuma ya zama shugaban Kamfanin Takalma na Kanada da Clark International Corp. [4] Yana da 'yan'uwa biyu: Richard S. Lee da Jonathan O. Lee. [4] Lee ya halarci Makarantar Belmont Hill kuma ya kammala karatunsa daga Kwalejin Harvard a shekarar 1965, nan da nan ya fara aiki a matsayin manazarci a sashen bincike na cibiyoyi na LF Rothschild a birnin New York. A shekara mai zuwa, Lee ya tafi aiki a Bankin Farko na Ƙasa na Boston, inda ya shafe shekaru takwas a ƙarshe ya kai matsayin mataimakin shugaban ƙasa a shekarar 1973.

An ce Lee ya fara zuba jari da gadon dala $150,000. 

### Thomas H. Lee Abokan Hulɗa
Bayan ya miƙa hankalin jama'a ga masu fafatawa da shi, musamman Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., cinikin Snapple Beverages ya jawo hankalin Lee. Watanni takwas kacal bayan siyan kamfanin, Lee ya bai wa Snapple Beverages damar yin amfani da shi a bainar jama'a, kuma a shekarar 1994, shekaru biyu kacal bayan siyan farko, Lee ya sayar da kamfanin ga Quaker Oats kan dala $1.7.&nbsp;biliyan.  An kiyasta cewa Lee ya sami dala $900&nbsp;miliyan ga kansa da masu zuba jarinsa daga siyarwar. Daga baya Quaker Oats zai sayar da kamfanin, wanda bai yi aiki sosai ba a ƙarƙashin sabon manaja, shekaru uku bayan haka, akan dala $300 kacal&nbsp;miliyan. Daga 1974 zuwa 2006, THL ta tara sama da dala $22&nbsp;biliyan biliyan na jari a cikin asusun hannun jari na cibiyoyi masu zaman kansu guda shida kuma sun kammala saka hannun jari sama da 100, wanda ya wakilci sama da dala $125.&nbsp;biliyan na jimlar farashin siye. 

### Murabus da kuma aikin da ya yi daga baya
A watan Maris na 2006, Lee ya yi murabus daga Thomas H. Lee Partners yayin da kamfanin ke gab da kammala tara kuɗi don asusun hannun jari na shida da na yanzu. A wannan shekarar, Lee ya kafa Lee Equity Partners, wani kamfanin hannun jari mai zaman kansa wanda ya fi mai da hankali kan ma'amaloli na jari masu tasowa fiye da siyan da THL ta fi so.   Lee, wanda ya takaita shigarsa ta yau da kullun a cikin kamfanin kuma ya koma birnin New York, ya shaida wa ma'aikata cewa rabuwar ta kasance "mai matukar abokantaka," wani asusun da wani ma'aikacin cikin gida ya tallafa masa, wanda ya bayyana shi a matsayin "mai cikakken abokantaka da kuma abokantaka."

## Taimakon jama'a
Lee ya bayar da gudummawar dala $22&nbsp;miliyan ga Jami'ar Harvard.  Lee amintaccen Cibiyar Lincoln ne, Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Zamani, Gidan Tarihi na Whitney na Fasaha na Amurka,  Gidan Tarihi na Tarihin Yahudawa, Jami'ar Brandeis, Makarantar Shari'a ta Cardozo a Jami'ar Yeshiva, Haɗaɗɗun Ayyukan Taimakon Yahudawa na Babban Boston, Jami'ar Harvard, Gidauniyar Gidan Tarihi ta Intrepid, Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta NYU, da Jami'ar Rockefeller .  Ya kasance babban mai ba da gudummawa ga aikin James Turrell na Roden Crater . 

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