Les Wexner
L Brands / Victoria's Secret
Primary financial backer. Gave Epstein sweeping power of attorney. Transferred his Manhattan mansion. Co-founded the Mega Group with Charles Bronfman. Civil settlement $62.5M.
Leon Black
Apollo Global Management
Paid Epstein's Southern Trust $158M — acknowledged to partially fund USVI operations. Civil settlement $62.5M. Ongoing victim lawsuit alleging abuse of a 16-year-old.
Peter Thiel
Palantir / PayPal / Valar Ventures
Epstein invested $40M in Thiel's Valar Ventures. Epstein pitched Thiel on Carbyne (Israeli surveillance startup with former deputy Mossad director). No charges.
Sergey Brin
Google Co-Founder
Emailed with Maxwell in 2003. Alleged to have visited Epstein's island in 2007. Subpoenaed by USVI in 2023 for JPMorgan-related documents. No comment.
Bill Gates
Microsoft Co-Founder
Met Epstein multiple times at Harvard post-conviction. Internal Microsoft emails show team was warned about Epstein but meetings continued. Called relationship "a huge mistake."
Elon Musk
Tesla / SpaceX / X
2012 email on island party logistics. Musk denies visiting. Documents show closer relationship than Musk acknowledged. Epstein described Musk to Barak as a contact to cultivate.
Howard Lutnick
U.S. Commerce Secretary
Files show his wife coordinated a 2012 visit to Little Saint James with their four children. Lutnick had claimed he cut ties with Epstein in 2005. The 2012 emails contradict this.
Jes Staley
Former Barclays CEO
Named co-executor of Epstein's estate. JPMorgan seeking to claw back $80M+ in compensation. Banned from UK financial services due to Epstein ties.
Larry Summers
Former Treasury Secretary
Named co-executor of Epstein's estate alongside Staley. Took leave from Harvard in 2024 over Epstein ties. Named in Trump DOJ Epstein-related investigation. No charges.