The man who jumped to his death from a luxury New York City hotel has been identified as Fandango founder J. Michael Klein, a law enforcement source told the New York Post on Wednesday.
Klein, founder of a popular movie ticketing company, is linked to a man who reportedly jumped to his death on Tuesday from the 20th floor of the Kimberly Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, the New York Post reported. reportLaw enforcement sources said the 64-year-old man landed in the hotel's third-floor courtyard.
A New York Times source said Klein left what appeared to be a suicide note shortly before his death, which the paper said had not been made public as of Wednesday. (RELATED: MTV 'Real World' Star Sarah Becker Commits Suicide at 52).
Man who jumped to his death from luxury New York skyscraper identified as Fandango founder and 'serial entrepreneur': sources https://t.co/7DUMzKJs4g pic.twitter.com/lLrVKJky0c
— New York Post (@nypost) July 17, 2024
Fandango has struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic as cinema attendance has declined, the outlet reported, and Fandango has sought to launch a streaming service to survive the “multiplex carnage,” said Jeff Bock, a box office analyst at Exhibitor Relations. Said variety.
Fandango finally report A significant net income loss is expected in 2023.
Klein was a managing partner at startup funding firm Accretive, according to the NYP, and also served as chairman of the board of directors at another startup funding firm, Juxtapoz, the paper reported.
The entrepreneur also founded insurance company Insureon, education company Everspring, and technology solutions company R1 RCM. according to Harvard University Alumni Association.
The businessman and his wife, Pamela B. Klein, purchased a lakefront mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, worth $20.75 million in December 2020. according to Palm Beach Daily News.
According to the NYP, Klein and Pamela have six children. The couple married in 1995. according to New York Times wedding announcement.
The Daily Caller has reached out to the NYPD for comment but has not yet heard back.
