A Dozen Banker Suicides in 2014 and Two More This Week

[Corey Dutton]

A dozen bankers committed suicide between January and March of this year, and two more prominent bankers were added to the list this week. William Broeksmit a former executive at Deutsche Bank, commited suicide in January of this year setting off a string of suicides that included Fed officials and several JPMorgan traders. The two most recent suicides were Calogero Gambino and Thierry Leyne. Gambino was a regulatory lawyer for Deutsche Bank and was discovered dead at his New York residence after taking his life last week. Thierry Leyne, who started the investment firm Leyne, Strauss-Kahn & Partnerswith former IMF director, jumped off a building in Israel last week.

With the LIBOR scandal, and so many other scandals that have emerged since the meltdown of 2008, it’s no mystery as to why these string of suicides have occurred in the financial services industry in 2014. However, with the two most recent suicides, it begs the question: What is left to be revealed?

Posted by Corey Curwick Dutton