Rockefeller & Co Cheif McDonald Found Dead From Apparent Suicide

James McDonald, the President of Rockefeller & Co, was found dead from an apparent suicide. His body was found in his car near a strip mall in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, dead from a single gunshot wound.

McDonald, 56, helped build Rockefeller & Co, a family office established by John D. Rockefeller in 1882 to manage his family's assets, into an integrated investment and wealth management firm with a diverse client base.

As speculation swirls about what drove McDonald to commit suicide, people close to McDonald said they were shocked by the news and had no knowledge about any specific problems at Rockefeller & Co.

In addition to running Rockefeller & Co, McDonald was a director of NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) and its predecessors since November 2003. He was also a director at CIT (NYSE: CIT) before resigning in May of this year.

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