Who is Joe McCann? After the death of the American Internet celebrity, Ashlee Jenae’s fiancé attracted much attention, “She will never commit suicide”

Ashlee has built a following on Instagram as @ashleejenae and @xoashleyjenae by documenting what she describes as a “soft living philosophy.” She died at the Serval Wildlife Resort in Tanzania, Joe said, and Tanzanian authorities later determined she had hanged and characterized the death as a suicide. However, her friends and family rejected this claim.

According to Art Threat, Joe, the founder and CEO of Asymmetry Financial, is a well-known figure in the cryptocurrency and financial circles and is supported by investors such as Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon.

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Joe’s introduction to asymmetric finance website Wrote: “Joe McCann is the founder, CEO, CIO and independent management GP of Asymmetry. Joe has over 25 years of experience on Wall Street and Silicon Valley. Previously, Joe served as Senior Director (Cloud + AI) at Microsoft, Head of Quantitative Trading at Passport Capital, and Co-Founder/CEO of NodeSource, a venture-backed open source startup that exited in 2019. Joe has been investing in web3 startups and trading cryptocurrencies. Served as an advisor to dozens of crypto-related startups in 2016.”

A post Ashlee shared on April 4 showed her and Joe walking their lioness, with Joe getting down on one knee and proposing to her with a ring. The two then kissed and hugged. The post was titled: “Still somewhere in Africa…”.

In February, Ashley shared a series of photos, many of which were of her and Joe. “Come for the beads, stay for the feel,” she wrote.

Another set of photos Ashlee and Joe shared in December 2025 was captioned, “What does love feel like to you?”

Many people agreed with Savannah in the comments section. One user wrote: “Hanging yourself while on vacation is the most unbelievable thing you can do.” Another wrote: “It makes no sense as it was her birthday and she had just gotten engaged.”

“This can’t be fucking true! I can’t believe it! I fucking love Ashley!!” one user wrote, to which Savannah replied, referring to Joe, “We have to amplify this! This man is trying to say she hanged herself, that’s ridiculous”.