2014 banker suicides

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Beginning in January 2014, a number of suicides amongst professionals in the banking industry and finance industry around the world was noted by the press. The press speculated why these bankers committed suicide and/or whether or not it is an epidemic.
Suicides
The pattern and theory refers to the suicides of 8 individuals, as of March 18th.
List of Victims
The following is a list of notable suicide victims as of March 12th, 2014:
*William Broeksmit, January 26th — Age 58 at time of death, and a former senior manager at Deutsche Bank. He was found hanged in a house in South Kensington.
*Gabriel Magee, January 28th — Age 39 at time of death. A vice president with JPMorgan and Co's corporate investment bank technology branch in the United Kingdom. He jumped to his death from the roof of Canary Wharf Tower in London.
*Mike Dueker, January 31st — Chief Economist at Russell Investments and a Former Reserve Bank Economist. He was later found at the side of a road.
*Ryan Henry Crane, February 3rd — Age 37 at time of death. He was a JPMorgan executive director who worked in New York, and was found dead in his home. An affirmative cause of death is yet to be determined.
*Li Junjie, February 18th — He was a 33 year old JPMorgan Finance Professional. He jumped from the roof of the company's Hong Kong Office Tower (30 stories tall), resulting in his death.
*Autumn Radtke, February 28th — 28 year-old CEO of First Meta, which is a cyber-currency exchange firm. She was found dead outside her apartment in Singapore after jumping from a tall 25-story building nearby. She was a US citizen.
*Edmund Reilly, March 11th — A 47-year old trader at Midtown's Vertical Group. He jumped in front of an LIRR train at Syosset Train Station in New York.
*Kenneth Bellando, March 12th — Age 28 at time of death. He was an investment banker at Levy Capital, and was found dead on the sidewalk outside his building in Manhattan. He allegedly jumped from the sixth-story-roof.
Correlation by Company
At least five of the bankers who committed suicide were employed at or former employees of JPMorgan Chase & Co, an American multinational banking and financial services holding company.
Criticism
Many have criticized the so-called 'epidemic' as being highly over-exaggerated, including media outlet BusinessWeek and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The Chief Medical officer of the American Foundation for suicide prevention, Dr. Christine Moutier, stated that she was, "horrified to read her quotes misinterpreted in many speculative reporter stories", saying that they "advanced the theory that the 'very public' nature of the deaths—several have come from jumping from tall buildings—is somehow meaningful. That speculation is 'sensationalized', and not grounded in what I told him," Moutier said. “Just because they’re visible doesn’t mean the rates have changed at all.”

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