Bank of America investment banker and former Green Beret dies
- Leo Lukenas III, 35, died of natural causes in New York on Thursday
- He served in the Green Berets for a decade before moving to banking last year
A Bank of America investment banker and former Green Beret has died, the bank said on Monday.
Leo Lukenas III, 35, died of natural causes on Thursday, according to the New York Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
The Brooklyn resident died of ‘acute coronary artery thrombus,’ the office said.
The disease causes the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel of the heart.
Lukenas’ stepmother told DailyMail.com the family was ‘devastated’ by the loss.
Investment banker Leo Lukenas III, 35, died of natural causes on Thursday
Bank of America said ‘our focus is on doing whatever we can to support the family and our team, who is devastated.’
The bank did not disclose the individual’s name or age.
The associate was part of the financial institutions group (FIG) team that advises bank clients on deals, according to a source familiar with the situation, and was also a former member of the US Green Beret special forces.
Lukenas spent 10 years in the military and started working at Bank of America a little over a year ago.
Originally from California, he started at the bank through the Veteran Associate Program.
On LinkedIn, he described himself as an ‘Investment banking associate leveraging a decade of experience as a Green Beret leading high-performing teams in volatile, complex, and ambiguous environments.’
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