A former hedge fund executive jumped to his death from the luxury Sofitel New York Hotel on Monday afternoon, authorities said.
Charles Murphy, 56, whose hedge fund reportedly invested billions of dollars in clients money with Bernie Madoff, leaped from the 24th floor of the 45 W. 44th St. building around 4:42 p.m. and landed on a fourth-floor terrace, according to police sources.
The New York Times reported in 2009 that Murphy’s hedge fund, Fairfield Greenwich Group, invested more than $7 billion with Bernard Madoff, and lost much of their clients’ money in his infamous Ponzi scheme.
Murphy owned a multi-million limestone town house in the heart of Lenox Hill.
A person who answered the door Monday night said the family was grieving.
Emergency crews had a hard time getting to his body on the terrace but eventually did, authorities said.
The incident was reported at 4:42 p.m. at 45 W. 44th St., when witnesses said the man leaped from the tower of the hotel, then landed on a roof that is in-set from the street, about four stories up.
