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.