Photo: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg/GettyBillionaire financier Thomas H. Lee died on Thursday. He was 78.The New York Police Department says in a statement shared with PEOPLE that officers responded to alerts of a 78-year-old man who was “aided” in an office on Fifth Avenue. He was pronounced dead shortly after emergency responders arrived.The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) will rule on his official cause of death.The NYPD says that the identification of the man “is pending....

Photo: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg/Getty The 78-year-old businessman waspronounced deadat his 5th Avenue office building in New York on Thursday. On Friday, the New York City Medical Examiner’s office confirmed to PEOPLE that the financier died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His cause of death has officially been declared a suicide, a spokesperson tells PEOPLE. The father of five was married toAnne Tenenbaumfor 27 years and known both for his business savvy and philanthropy....

Ivy Love Getty and Tobias Alexander Engel.Jose Villa Ivy Love Getty, Tobias Alexander Engel and wedding party.Jose Villa “I am so PROUD of the woman you’ve become. If you’re ever in any doubt- I have loved you and will love you, forever,” Taylor-Joy added. “CONGRATULATIONS LIL SPICE MONKEY! You truly were the most beautiful bride 💋♥️👯‍♀️.” “I love you so much Ans. Always and forever,” Getty replied in an affectionate comment....

Jared Isaacman.Photo: PATRICK T. FALLON/Getty Images A U.S. businessman has paid to launch the first all-civilian mission into outer space. Jared Isaacman, 37, is commanding the mission, called Inspiration 4, which is tentatively set for October of this year, though details are still being worked out,the Associated Press reportedMonday. Isaacman is the billionaire founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments, and purchased the flight fromElon Musk’s SpaceX. He made a $100 million donation to St....

Jared Isaacman.Photo: PATRICK T. FALLON/Getty ImagesNASA has called the SpaceX Dragon “probably thesafest vehicle astronauts have ever launched on,” but space flight continues to carry risks. That’s why billionaireJared Isaacmanmade some preparations before leaving the planet last week.InInspiration4’s first interview after returning to Earthon Saturday, the 38-year-old mission commander tells PEOPLE his crew members all “got some of our personal affairs in order” before the launch on Wednesday, Sept. 15.“I made some videos to my kids and everything,” says Isaacman, who shares two daughters, ages 5 and 7, with wife Monica....

Jeffrey Epstein.Photo: Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein — a man well-known for his high-profile connections in the business and political worlds — has been accused of sex-trafficking girls as young as 14, PEOPLE confirms. According to a federal indictment unsealed on Monday, Epstein “sexually exploited and abused dozens of minor girls at his homes.” The alleged incidents occurred in several locations, including Manhattan and Palm Beach, Florida....

Photo: THEREALSPW / SplashNews.com It’s official: Evenbillionairescan’t resist Christmas shopping at Target. Kylie Jennertook toYouTubeon Saturday to share a behind-the-scenes peek at a day in her life this holiday season. In the vlog, she gave fans an inside look at her trip to hand out food and presents at the San Fernando Valley Rescue Mission, as well as the way she’s decorated her home for the holidays. In the house tour portion of the video, the 22-year-old mogul led fans around her L....

Mark Cuban.Photo: Invision/AP/REX/Shutterstock Mark Cuban’s online pharmacy is already making a difference. In January, the 63-year-old billionaire launchedMark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, an online pharmacy claiming to offer lower prescription drug prices. In a recent report published in theAnnals of Internal Medicine, researchers claimed that Medicare could save $3.6 billion per year if it purchased drugs through Cuban’s pharmacy. On Twitter, Cuban said the company does not spend “a nickel” on advertising and is “completely relying on word of mouth....

Mark Cuban.Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty Mark Cubanhas opened up a new online pharmacy to help make generic drugs more affordable. The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (MCCPDC) officially launched last week, claiming to offer the “lowest prices on 100 lifesaving prescriptions, according to apress release. “The pharmacy’s prices reflect actual manufacturer prices plus a flat 15% margin and pharmacist fee,” the press release states. The company also “refuses to pay spread prices” to pharmacy benefits managers, which manage prescription drug benefits on behalf of health insurers, according to theCommonwealth Fund....

Anne Cox Chambers, the billionaire heiress of Cox Enterprises and former U.S. ambassador during the Carter era, has died, her family’s company confirmed. She was 100. Chambers died peacefully at her home in Atlanta on Friday, the media companysaid in a statement on their website. Her family also confirmed the sad news toThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution(AJC). “My aunt leaves behind a remarkable legacy for our family and the many organizations she generously supported with her time and financial gifts,” Jim Kennedy, Chambers’ nephew and the Chairman of Cox Enterprises, said on the company’s website....

Erik Prince.Photo: Jeenah Moon/getty Amid a massive evacuation effort out of Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover and before the U.S. left, controversial billionaire security contractor Erik Prince was offering his own flight from the turmoil — at a steep price —The Wall Street Journalreports. According to the paper, Prince, 52, was selling tickets for a chartered plane out of Afghanistan at a base rate of $6,500. The cost was higher if people were in their homes and needed help getting to the airport in Kabul....

Orlando Bravo.Photo: Thoma Bravo As thesearch and rescue efforts continueat the Champlain Towers in Surfside, Florida, local philanthropists are kicking into high gear to raise funds for what is certain to be a long recovery. Orlando Bravo, a Puerto Rican billionaire and co-founder of the private equity firm Thoma Bravo, today donated $250,000 to the relief fundSupport Surfside– making this the largest pledge to the cause thus far. Bravo recently moved to Miami Beach, just a few miles south of the tower that partially collapsed early Thursday morning....

Robert F. Smith, the billionairewho announced to great surprise that he would be paying off the student-loan debtfor each student of Morehouse College’s 2019 class, had one more surprise up his sleeve. This new program will pay off all of the federal loan debt of the 400 graduating students, and, the university announced, will also cover Federal Parent PLUS Loans — a government loan given to a student’s parents or legal guardian to help them pay for their children’s education....