Thomas H. Lee, Boston investment pioneer, dies at 78

Thomas H. Lee, a pioneer of leveraged buyouts who launched his investing career in Boston, has died, a family spokesman said in a statement on Thursday. Lee started Lee Equity in 2006 after he stepped down as chairman and chief executive of Boston- based Thomas H. Lee Partners, the firm he founded in 1974 and where his success earned him the moniker“ Boston’ s Buyout King. "