Boyce Greer, head of Fidelity Investments’ institutional-investments unit, died yesterday in a kayaking accident in Idaho. He was 55 years old, Bloomberg reports.
Greer was kayaking on the North Fork of Payette River around noon when he was fatally injured, according to a statement from the Valley County Sheriff’s Office. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the statement, which said no further information was available.
“The entire Fidelity family is deeply saddened and will greatly miss him,” Vincent Loporchio, a spokesman for Boston- based Fidelity, said today in an interview. “Boyce was more than just an accomplished business leader. He was an admired and greatly respected manager, colleague and friend.”
Greer, who lived in Amherst, New Hampshire, was also an investor and director of Legacy Paddlesports LLC, a five-year- old company that sells kayaks and other products related to the sport. A lifelong kayaker, Greer was the initial investor in the company, Bill Medlin, chief executive officer of Greensboro, North Carolina-based Legacy Paddlesports, said in a telephone interview….
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-15/fidelity-s-greer-dies-in-kayaking-accident.html
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