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For reasons that are far from obvious, he had a lot of rich friends.
Everyone from Prince Andrew to Les Wexner, the billionaire founder of L Brands, makes an appearance in his notorious black book.
Leon Black, the billionaire founder of Apollo Management, the private-equity behemoth, is in there too; Black made Epstein a director of his family foundation.
Then there is Glenn Dubin, the billionaire founder of Highbridge Capital Management, a big hedge fund in which Dubin sold a majority interest to JPMorgan Chase in 2004.
His relationship with Dubin is a case study in Epstein's complicated, mysterious social life, and how it intersected with his business. The conventional wisdom is that Dubin met Epstein through his wife, Eva Andersson-Dubin, a doctor and former Miss Sweden. Andersson reportedly dated Epstein for years before marrying Dubin.
What’s less well-known is that after Andersson married Dubin, Epstein became close to Dubin, too. “Epstein’s the godfather of Glenn’s three children,” says a person who knows Dubin well. “He’s tight, tight, tight with him.”
Dubin now has his own eponymous investment firm, among other investment vehicles, and is focusing on his philanthropy.
One of the people who knows him and Epstein well says he doubts Dubin’s reputation as a “philanthropic socialite” will any longer be enhanced by his and his wife’s association with Epstein.
effrey Epstein, the convicted and once-again accused sexual predator, listed $559 million on his audited net worth statement, which was used, unsuccessfully, by his attorneys to try to get him released on bail. But no one on Wall Street can figure out how he made it. There are a number of theories making the rounds. There is the blackmail theory—that his knowledge of the sexual peccadillos of wealthy investors helped make him his money. There is the idea that, like George Soros, he made a killing betting against the British pound once upon a time.There is the theory that he has been providing rich people with tax and estate planning advice—some of which appears to be true, though it’s difficult to see how he could have made a fortune of that size in those businesses. One thing on which most Wall Street people I’ve talked to agree is that they believe he did not make his money trading options or derivatives or from managing other people’s money.
originally posted by: galaga
originally posted by: schuyler
The fact is that the presence of someone's name in a "Black Book" is no indication that they ever committed a crime. You'd need a lot more than that to implicate someone.
This is true.
But flight logs are a whole other ball game.
originally posted by: galaga
originally posted by: schuyler
The fact is that the presence of someone's name in a "Black Book" is no indication that they ever committed a crime. You'd need a lot more than that to implicate someone.
This is true.
But flight logs are a whole other ball game.
originally posted by: bally001
Ya know, it's funny to me. Okay, I have a decent life. But one million would see me through for the rest of my life in relative comfort.
Why, do these millionaires want to become billionaires?
Yep, I'm stupid. Could live happily on 1 million. Sigh.
Meanwhile, back to cutting winter wood.
My thoughts,
Kind regards,
bally
Why, do these millionaires want to become billionaires?