Jeffrey Epstein Age, Death, Girlfriend, Family, Biography & More

Some lesser Known Facts About Jeffrey Epstein

• Jeffrey Edward Epstein was an American financier and child sex offender.

• Jeffrey was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. His parents were Jewish and had married in 1952 shortly before his birth.

• He was the older of two siblings; he and his brother grew up in the working-class neighbourhood of Sea Gate, a private gated community in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Neighbours described the Epstein family as being so gentle, the most gentle people.

• Epstein attended local public schools and usually earned money by tutoring classmates. In his school days, Epstein was “sweet and generous”, although “quiet and nerdy”, and was nicknamed “Eppy” by his classmates.

• In an interview, Epstein mentioned that he began playing the piano when he was five, and was regarded as a talented musician by friends.

• In 1969, he graduated at the age of 16 after skipping two grades.

• Later that year, he attended advanced math classes at Cooper Union until he changed colleges in 1971.

• He attended the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University from September 1971, studying mathematical physiology, but left without receiving a degree in June 1974.

• Despite his lack of credentials, he was good at maths and physics, so at the age of 21, Epstein began working in September 1974 as a physics and mathematics teacher for teenagers at the Dalton School on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York.

• During those days, Epstein allegedly showed inappropriate behaviour toward underage female students, paying them constant attention, flirting with them, and even showing up at a party where young people were drinking.

• In 1975, Jeffrey Epstein came in contact with Alan Greenberg, the CEO of Bear Stearns (an American investment bank, securities trading, and brokerage firm), because Greenberg’s children attended the same school where Epstein was a teacher. During a parent-teacher conference, Greenberg’s daughter, Lynne Koeppel, observed that Epstein had convinced another parent to speak positively about him to Alan Greenberg. This favourable impression helped Epstein secure a job at Bear Stearns.

• In June 1976, after Epstein was dismissed from the Dalton School for poor performance, Alan Greenberg offered him a job at Bear Stearns.

• Epstein joined Bear Stearns in 1976 as a low-level junior assistant to a floor trader.

• Soon, he was promoted to options trader, working in the special products division. He then advised the bank’s wealthiest clients, such as Seagram president Edgar Bronfman, on tax mitigation strategies.

• Jimmy Cayne, an American businessman and CEO of Bear Stearns, praised Epstein’s skill with wealthy clients and complex products.

• In 1980, four years after joining Bear Stearns, Epstein became a limited partner.

• In 1981, according to his sworn testimony, being guilty of a “Reg D violation”, Epstein was asked to leave Bear Stearns. Even though Epstein departed abruptly, he remained close to Jimmy Cayne and Alan Greenberg and was a client of Bear Stearns until it was shut down in 2008.

• In August 1981, Epstein founded his consulting firm, Intercontinental Assets Group Inc. (IAG). He assisted high-end clients, where he helped them recover stolen money from fraudulent brokers and lawyers.

• During this time, Epstein had worked for both Government officials and billionaires.

• In 1987, Steven Hoffenberg hired Epstein as a consultant for Towers Financial Corporation, New York, a collection agency that bought debts people owed to hospitals, banks, and phone companies. Jeffrey got 25,000 US dollars per month for his consulting work.

• Epstein had worked for many years with Steven Hoffenberg. One of Epstein’s first assignments for Hoffenberg was to implement what turned out to be an unsuccessful bid to take over Pan American World Airways in 1987. A similar unsuccessful bid in 1988 was made to take over Emery Air Freight Corp. In 1989, Jeffrey left Towers Financial Corporation.

• In 1988, Epstein founded another financial management firm named J. Epstein & Company. In this firm, he managed the assets of clients with more than 1 billion US dollars in net worth, although others have expressed skepticism that he was restrictive of the clients that he took.

• He also kept his client’s details hidden. The only publicly known billionaire client of Epstein was Leslie Wexner, chairman and CEO of L Brands (currently known as Bath & Body Works, Inc.) and Victoria’s Secret.

• In 1986, he met Leslie Wexner through a mutual friend. A year later, Epstein became Wexner’s financial adviser and served as his right-hand man. Within the year, Epstein had sorted out Wexner’s entangled finances.

• In July 1991, Wexner granted Epstein full power of attorney over his affairs. This power allowed Epstein to hire employees, sign checks, buy and sell properties, borrow money, and perform any other legal actions on Wexner’s behalf.

• In 1995, Jeffrey Epstein became director of the Wexner Foundation and Wexner Heritage Foundation. He was also veacme president of Wexner’s Property, which developed part of the town of New Albany outside Columbus, Ohio, where Wexner lived.

• Epstein earned millions in fees by managing Wexner’s finances. He frequently attended Victoria’s Secret fashion shows, hosted models at his New York City home, and assisted aspiring models in securing work with the company.

• In 1996, Epstein changed the name of his firm from J. Epstein & Company to Financial Trust Company and relocated his office the the U.S. Virgin Islands and reduced federal income taxes by 90%.

• In 1998, Epstein acquired Little Saint James Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands for approximately $7.95 million, which was later known as “Epstein Island.”
  

  Aerial view of Jeffrey Epstein’s Little Saint James Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands

• In 2000, Epstein founded the Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation (named for the Virgin Islands). Epstein, besides making donations through the Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation, also made a number of charitable donations through his three private charities named Epstein Interest, the COUQ Foundation, and Gratitude American Ltd.

• In the early 2000s, Epstein developed a strong interest in “improving” the human race using his sperm through genetic engineering and artificial intelligence. It was reported that in August 2019, Epstein had planned to seed the human race with his DNA by impregnating up to twenty women at a time using his New Mexico compound as a “baby ranch”, where mothers would give birth to his offspring.

• In 2003, Epstein bid to acquire New York magazine; however, he could not win.

• In 2004, Epstein financed 25 million US dollars to Radar, a celebrity and pop culture magazine, USA, founded by Maer Roshan.

• Between 2000 to 2007, Jeffrey Epstein became president of a company named Liquid Funding Ltd, which was involved in giving money to a borrower in exchange for securities that the borrower then agreed to buy back at an agreed-upon later time and price.

• In 2002, Jeffrey Epstein invested $80 million in the D.B. Zwirn Special Opportunities Fund, a hedge fund focused on illiquid debt securities.

• In an interview, Jeffrey mentioned that from 1989 until 2003, he had donated more than $139,000 to U.S. Democratic Party federal candidates and committees and over $18,000 to U.S. Republican Party candidates and groups.

• By 2006, his investment had grown to $140 million, but he tried to withdraw it due to accounting issues. The fund refused the redemption because of standard hedge fund lock-in rules.

• Epstein was also rumoured to be associated with intelligence agencies. U.S. journalists Dylan Howard, Melissa Cronin, and James Robertson linked Epstein to the Israeli Mossad in their book titled Epstein: Dead Men Tell No Tales.

• In 2005, Epstein came under police investigation in Palm Beach, Florida, after a woman reported that he had molested her 14-year-old stepdaughter.

• Even though he was a registered sex offender, he continued to host elite guests and travel the world after his release.

• During the investigation, police discovered numerous hidden cameras and photos of girls, many of whom were under the age of 18, along with incriminating evidence such as books on sadomasochism from his home.

• Additionally, the investigation revealed that Epstein was also connected to the recruitment of underage girls via modelling agencies, such as Jean-Luc Brunel’s (French model scout) MC2 modelling management. It was alleged that girls were trafficked from Brazil, Eastern Europe, and France.

• In May 2006, police filed charges for unlawful sex with minors; however, in July 2006, he was only charged with procuring a minor for prostitution and released on a $3,000 bond.

• A grand jury, shown limited evidence, returned just one felony count, and Epstein pleaded not guilty in August 2006.

• In July 2006, the FBI began its investigation of Epstein, nicknamed “Operation Leap Year”. It resulted in a fifty-three-page indictment in June 2007.

• In 2008, he accepted a controversial plea deal in Florida, pleading guilty to lesser charges and serving 13 months in jail while participating in work release of 12 hours a day and six days a week.

• He served almost thirteen months before being released on July 22, 2009, and after that, he was ordered to a year of probation on house arrest until August 2010.

• While on probation, he was allowed to go on several trips on his corporate jet to his residences in Manhattan and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He was allowed extended shopping trips and walks around Palm Beach for exercise.

• In 2011, after an appeal and a contested hearing, Jeffrey was registered as a “level three” (high risk of repeat offence) sex offender in New York State.

• Following the public accusations against Epstein, several individuals and institutions returned donations received from him; however, Harvard University stated it would retain all funds.

• On July 6, 2019, Epstein was arrested by the FBI and the New York City Police Department (NYPD) Crimes Against Children Task Force at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey on charges of sex trafficking. He was subsequently jailed at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in New York City.

• During the investigation, FBI agents found thousands of sexually suggestive photographs of fully or partially nude females. Some of the photos were confirmed as those of underage females. In a locked safe, compact discs were found with handwritten labelled.

• They also discovered $70,000 in cash, forty-eight diamonds, and a fake, expired Austrian passport in 1987, featuring Epstein’s photo but was issued under a different name. It had multiple entrance and exit stamps, indicating its use for travel to France, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia during the 1980s. The passport showed Saudi Arabia as his place of residence.

• On July 23, 2019, Jeffrey Epstein was found injured and semiconscious at 1:30 a.m. on the floor of his cell, with marks around his neck. Six days later, on July 29, 2019, Epstein was taken off suicide watch and placed in a special housing unit with another inmate.

• On August 10, 2019, Epstein was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre (MCC) in New York City. The guards failed to check on him for hours, falsified records, and two cameras outside his cell were also malfunctioning at that time.

• On August 11, 2019, an autopsy was performed. It appeared that Epstein likely died by hanging himself from the top bunk in his cell.

• On August 18, 2019, it was reported that Jeffrey Epstein had signed his will on August 8, 2019, two weeks after being found injured in his cell and two days before his death. In his will, he named two longtime employees as executors and immediately gifted all of his assets, and any assets remaining in his estate, to a trust.

• After the autopsy, Jeffrey’s body was claimed by his brother. On September 5, 2019, Epstein was buried in an unmarked grave next to his parents at the I.J. Morris Star of David Cemetery in Palm Beach, Florida. To prevent vandalism, the names of his parents were also removed from their tombstone.

• Epstein’s death became the subject of widespread controversy and debate, with the belief that his death was a homicide becoming a popular meme.

• Several broadcast channels have featured Jeffrey Epstein’s life and death. HBO produced a limited series about him, while Sony Pictures Television developed a miniseries based on his life. Additionally, CBS included Epstein’s death as a central plot point in the finale of its fourth season. Netflix premiered a documentary series titled “Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich” in May 2020, and Lifetime released a documentary series called “Surviving Jeffrey Epstein” in August 2020.

• On July 1, 2020, a satirical statue of Epstein was placed outside the City Hall in Albuquerque, New Mexico, commenting on the debate over Confederate monuments.

• Jeffrey Epstein never married during his life, but he had a close relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell beginning in 1991. She played a key role in managing his household and social affairs. Later, multiple victims accused Maxwell of assisting Epstein in recruiting and grooming underage girls. She was also involved in allegedly recording sexual activity with underage girls or prominent people for criminal purposes, such as blackmail, in their private U.S. Virgin Islands.
  

  Jeffrey Epstein with Ghislaine Maxwell

• Epstein had longstanding connections with many renowned personalities and attended parties with numerous prominent individuals, including Bill Clinton, Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump, Katie Couric, Woody Allen, Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin, Naomi Campbell, and Stephen Hawking. Although later, both Bill Clinton and Donald Trump claimed they had never visited Epstein’s island.

• Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump were close friends from the 1990s until the mid-2000s, frequently socialising in New York and Palm Beach. Epstein once claimed to be Trump’s “closest friend for ten years.” Their friendship reportedly ended in 2004 after a property bidding war, where Trump won the bid.
  

  Jeffrey Epstein with Donald Trump

• In April 2016, a federal lawsuit was filed in California against Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump by a woman who alleged that they sexually assaulted her during a series of parties at Epstein’s Manhattan residence in 1994, when she was just 13 years old. However, the suit was dismissed by a federal judge in May 2016 because it did not present valid claims under federal law.

• In May 2025, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino announced plans to publicly release video from the night of Epstein’s death in custody, asserting it clearly shows Epstein alone in his cell, with no evidence of foul play.

• A feud has also begun between Elon Musk and Donald Trump, where Musk alleged that Donald Trump had ties to save sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Twitter on June 5, 2025.

• As of June 2025, the Department of Justice has confirmed that thousands of images and documents are currently under review and scheduled for release, although no specific timeline has been provided by the department.