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Cash Casual: Epstein 
dresses down. 
Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery 
He's pals with a passel of Nobel Prize—winning scientists, CEOs like Leslie 
Wexner of the Limited, socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, even Donald Trump. 
But it wasn't until he flew Bill Clinton, Kevin Spacey, and Chris Tucker to 
Africa on his private Boeing 727 that the world began to wonder who he is. 
• By Landon Thomas Jr. 
He comes with cash to bum, a fleet of airplanes, and a keen 
eye for the ladies -- to say nothing of a relentless brain that 
challenges Nobel Prize—winning scientists across the 
country -- and for financial markets around the world. Ever 
since the Post's "Page Six" ran an item about the president's 
late-September visit to Africa with Kevin Spacey and Chris 
Tucker -- on his new benefactor's customized Boeing 727 — 
the question of the day has been: Who in the world is Jeffrey 
Epstein? 
It's a life full of question marks. Epstein is said to run $15 
billion for wealthy clients, yet aside from Limited founder 
Leslie Wexner, his client list is a closely held secret. A 
former Dalton math teacher, he maintains a peripatetic salon of brilliant scientists yet 
possesses no bachelor's degree. For more than ten years, he's been linked to Manhattan-
London society figure Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of the mysteriously deceased media 
titan Robert Maxwell, yet he lives the life of a bachelor, logging 600 hours a year in his 
various planes as he scours the world for investment opportunities. He owns what is said 
to be Manhattan's largest private house yet runs his business from a 100-acre private 
island in St. Thomas. 
Power on Wall Street has generally accrued to those who have made their open bids for 
it. Soros. Wasserstein. Kravis. Weill. The Sturm and Drang of their successes and failures 
has been played out in public. Epstein breaks the mold. Most everyone on the Street has 
heard of him, but nobody seems to know what the hell he is up to. Which is just …
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