Bed Bath & Beyond CFO Dogged by Investor Lawsuit Prior to Suicide

A customer leaves a Bed, Bath & Beyond store in Oakland, Calif. on Aug. 31, 2022. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Gustavo Arnal, the CFO and executive VP, of the retailer Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), committed suicide by jumping to his death on Sept. 2, from his TriBeCa apartment known as the “Jenga Building".

Arnal joined BBBY in 2020 after previously working as the CFO for cosmetics giant Avon in London with a 20-year overseas career working for Procter & Gamble and Walgreen Boots Alliance.