Rockefeller & Co CEO dies from single gunshot

[Divine Discontent]

Source: Reuters



BOSTON (Reuters) - James McDonald, a prominent adviser to wealthy families as chief executive of investment management group Rockefeller & Co, died of a single gunshot wound on Sunday, local authorities said on Tuesday.

McDonald, 56, was found dead in his car near a strip mall in Dartmouth, Massachusetts on Sunday afternoon. Police are still investigating.

"The preliminary investigation concludes that this was an apparent suicide," Gregg Miliote, a spokesman for Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter said.

McDonald won praise for growing Rockefeller & Co, the New York-based family office established by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller in 1882 to manage the dynasty's assets, into a broader investment management company with roughly $28 billion in assets.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE58E5RT20090915

[villager]

1. was he about to testify against the Bushes?

n/t

[Festivito]

3. ..or the Fed? /nt

[Soylent Brice]

7. my first thought was some sort of connection with UBS

:shrug:

[blm]

11. I agree - also remember not too far back Kerry's SFRC investigator was kicked out of Switzerland

while he was trying to track some unfinished business from BCCI.

I think there's a huge underlying story going on. That Senate investigator was a former investigative reporter who happened to write two books Kerry would have some interest in - one on BCCI and another on AQ Khan.

[Soylent Brice]

15. now you have my brain going in a different direction.

damn.

the possibilities are endless.

[blm]

19. Here's the guy Kerry hired....

This is from 2008 when he was still an investigative journalist:

http://www.worldradio.ch/wrs/news/switzerland/a-swiss-familys-involvement-in-nuclear-smuggling.shtml?10883

And this is from a few months ago after Kerry hired him as chief investigator for the SFRC committee:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=273x157739


I always knew Kerry would do whatever he could to bring BCCI matters forward. It's why he NEEDED to be President. He's still the only one I trust to be completely for truly OPEN government.

[krispos42]

8. In the Bush years...

...this might have gone down as "natural causes"


Cause of Death: "brain hemorrhage"

:-)

[Earth Bound Misfit]

2. Hmmmm...n/t

[kenfrequed]

4. I wonder what we are about to learn

Something may be occurring shortly about this.

[gateley]

5. I almost hope it was murder -- I feel so sad for those who are so afraid or

desolate that they see absolutely no way out. Even if they're dicks.

[Divine Discontent]

6. agreed.

I was left speechless as to what to say to this big financial world news! That company runs over 25 billion in investments. It seems the focus on money as a profession leads to an awful lot of premature deaths...

[MineralMan]

9. Uh-oh...bad news coming...

Suicides like this are desperation moves. There's some very bad news about to break for investors who trusted their money to this firm.

Watch the news...

[Gman2]

10. Why cant this be he hated his worthless soul, and did it?

He ruined many families, and has been busy telling them so of late.

[Myrina]

12. ... an associate of Madoff with some financial laundry about to air?

:shrug:

[Bozita]

13. Are we gonna be hearing "Rockefeller" and "Ponzi" in the same sentence?

[pjt7]

14. Rockefeller financial death

can't wait to get the details

[dgibby]

16. The article said he was a perfectionist who drove himself and his staff hard.

Sometimes people like him set impossibly high standards, and then can't accept failure when they can't achieve them.

[GeorgeGist]

17. All the lonely people

Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

[Hannah Bell]

18. js mcdonald

As an officer, director and/or owner of publicly traded securities, James S. McDonald has filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission. >> See filings

James S. McDonald personal relations:Karen McDonald - spouse

Other current James S. McDonald relationships:

Japan Society - director
NYSE Euronext - director
Rockefeller & Co. Inc. - president & CEO
Rockefeller Financial Services - director

James S. McDonald past relationships:

Atlantic Trust/Pell Rudman - president & CEO
CIT Group Inc. - director
NYSE Group - director
Pell Rudman & Co., Inc. - president & CEO


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Gary C. Butler >> through CIT Group Inc. >> Map it!

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Henry Cornell >> through Japan Society >> Map it!

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Anne d'Harnoncourt >> through Japan Society >> Map it!

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Carol Gluck >> through Japan Society >> Map it!

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Susan M. Lyne >> through CIT Group Inc. >> Map it!

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Jun Makihara >> through Japan Society >> Map it!

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Duncan M. McFarland >> through NYSE Euronext >> Map it!

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Timothy M. Ring >> through CIT Group Inc. >> Map it!

Alice M. Rivlin >> through NYSE Euronext >> Map it!

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Note: This may be a partial list. Click on the map above to explore more connections

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[Earth Bound Misfit]

20. Have not heard a peep from M$M about this.

Very curious. :kick:

[blm]

21. There are certain stories that newsmedia will outright REFUSE to cover.

Always protecting their fascist masters.

[JNelson6563]

22. Two shots to the back of the head, ruled a suicide.

Somethin' like that.

[LeftHander]

23. and weapon found in abandoned VIN-less black SUV 1/4 mile away...nt

[Earth Bound Misfit]

24. "McDonald, 56, was found dead in his car near a strip mall in Dartmouth, Massachusetts"

Why does a guy who's gonna kill himself do it at a strip mall, in his car? EVERY report I've read states this was "an apparent suicide".

I'm not buying it.

:kick:

[blm]

25. yep....seems too weird.

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