Tim Leissner
About
Investment banker and a former managing director at Goldman Sachs. He helped orchestrate one of the biggest financial scandals in history. In 2018, he pled guilty to charges he stole $200 million from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund, and paid bribes to corrupt Malaysian and Emirati offices. In 2014, he married Kimora Lee Simmons but later admitted he showed her a bogus divorce decree from his previous marriage.
Before Fame
As a child, he loved tennis and attended camps where he received lessons from Steffi Graf. He received an MBA from the University of Hartford in Connecticut.
Trivia
He moved to London for his first job in banking, an entry-level position at J.P. Morgan. In 2022, he testified against a former banker at Goldman Sachs, Roger Ng, who was accused of taking part in a bribery and kickback scheme.
Family Life
In April 2015, Kimora Lee Simmons gave birth to his son, Wolfe Lee Leissner. In January 2020, Simons announced they adopted a ten-year-old son named Gary.
Associated With
He helped the daughter of disgraced ex-Malaysian prime minster Najib Razak to get a job at TPG Asia.
