A 28-year-old business consultant with an Ivy League degree leaped to her death from a luxury high-rise in Chelsea, authorities said today.
Stephanie Becker jumped from the roof of 55 West 26th Street at about 8:15 a.m., said police.
She fell 30 stories to a parapet, just outside the building’s fifth-floor gym. Police said she did not leave a note.
Becker, originally from Stamford, Conn., graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and had an MBA from NYU, according to her social media pages.
She worked for IBM’s business consulting service.
“It’s sad. She was a sweet girl, really nice,” said Orion Mims, 40, a neighbor.
Becker comes across as cheerful on her Facebook page — on which she says: “I chew gum louder than you talk. But don’t ask me to quiet down. I am NO negative nancy. I roll with the punches.”
Becker volunteered with a group that helped Jewish students at Penn and other universities.
While she was in college, Becker worked for a few months at CNN. She was hired at IBM after she graduated in 2006, and earned her MBA while she was employed there.
At work, Becker was an expert in advertising on video games, and co-authored a 2008 article on the subject in AdWeek.