Bloomberg Businessweek - USA (2019-07-22)

(Antfer) #1
9 E. 71st ST.
Manhattan
townhouseEpstein
boughtfromWexner
in1998.

NEWMEXICO
RANCH
A 10,000-acre
propertywithan
airstrip.

LITTLEST.JAMES
Privateislandin theU.S.VirginIslandshebought
for$8millionin 1998.Nicknamedbylocals“Orgy
Island,”“PedophileIsland,”and“IslandofSin.”

GREATST.JAMES
PrivateislandadjacenttoLittleSt.Jameshe
boughtfor$18millionin2016.

PALM BEACH
ESTATE
Five-bedroomhome
valuedat$12.4million.

APARTMENT
Inthe16th
arrondissement,near
theArcdeTriomphe.

Assets

BEARSTE
STRUCTU
ENHANCE
Finan
powero
thisfun
whose
seen as
financia

ENVIRONMENTALSOLUTIONSWORLDWIDE INC.
The company’s 2012 annual report list
as a 6% stakeholder, a position that wou
about $320,000. Black was also a shareh

D.B.ZWIRNSPECIAL
OPPORTUNITIESFUND
FinancialTrusthelda
$121million position in this
fund, which wound down in
2008 after concerns about
its accounting practices
caused investors to pull
their money.

Investments

SOUTHERNTRUSTCO.
Littleis knownaboutthisbusiness,
otherthanthattheU.S.VirginIslands
entityemploysmorethan 10 locals, which
makes it eligible for tax breaks. Its website
describes the business as “providing
extensive DNA database & data mining.”

FINANCIALTRUST CO.
Epstein’sfinancialmanagement
U.S.VirginIslands,is said to trade incurrencies,realestate,and
commodities,though there’s little evidence of such activity.

J. EPSTEINVIRGINISLANDSFOUNDATION
Thevehiclethroughwhichhe
madesomeofhismostprominent
donations,including$6.5million
to establish the Program for
Evolutionary Dynamics at Harvard.

Entities

Business partners
HARVEY WEINSTEIN
MORT ZUCKERMAN
JAMES DOLAN
DONNY DEUTSCH
NELSON PELTZ
Joined Epstein and
others in a losing bid for
New York magazine in


  1. (Investment banker
    Bruce Wasserstein
    got the prize.)


JEAN-LUC BRUNEL
Head of modeling
agency MC2, through
which Epstein
allegedly courted girls.
In 2015, Brunel said,
“I strongly deny having
committed any illicit
act or any wrongdoing
in the course of my
work.”

EHUD BARAK
The former Israeli
prime minister
established a limited
partnership in 2015;
Epstein invested in it.

STEVEN HOFFENBERG
The convicted
Ponzi schemer claims
Epstein conspired with
him in the ’80s and
’90s, which Epstein has
denied.

Patron

LESLIE WEXNER
For years,
Epstein
managed many
aspects of
thefinancial life of the
billionaire founder of
L Brands Inc. Wexner
told employees this
month that he wasn’t
aware of any illegal
activity and regretted
crossing Epstein’s path.

50


BOEING 727
Dubbed by the ta
plane flew Bill Clint
GULFSTREAM IV
Aircraft Epstein b

GULFSTREAM G550
Long-range jet he

BELL 430
Seven-seat helic
Little St. James.

LESLEY GROFF
SARAH KELLEN
NADIA MAR
ADRIANAR

Named“potent
in Epstein’s plea
immunity. The e
extension of my
New York Times i

ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ
Epstein’s butler
died in 2014 after a
six-monthbattlewith

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