Mellon Heir Dies at 54
CBJ — Billionaire banking heir Matthew Mellon has died at the age of 54. A cause of death was not revealed.
Mellon comes from the Mellon and Drexel families of Bank of New York Mellon and Drexel Burnham Lambert.
According to Mellon’s Linked In account and documents of the Securities and Exchange Commission, he attended the Wharton School and later worked in fashion, telecommunications and finance, most recently as an adviser for the digital currency company Ripple Labs.
Mellon also served for a time as the chairman of the finance committee of the Republican Party in New York.
Mellon is survived by his first wife, fashion designer Tamara, his second wife, fashion designer Nicole Hanley, and three children.
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