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Name	Role	Context
Jeffrey Epstein	Subject	Financier, 53 years old, former math teacher, described as mysterious and wealthy.
Ghislaine Maxwell	Associate/Girlfriend	Daughter of Robert Maxwell, dated Epstein in early 1990s.
Robert Maxwell	Media Tycoon	Ghislaine's father, deceased.
Bill Clinton	Former President	Traveled with Epstein to Africa; met Epstein at 1995 fundraiser.
Kevin Spacey	Actor	Traveled with Epstein to Africa in 2002.
Chris Tucker	Actor	Traveled with Epstein to Africa in 2002.
Leslie Wexner	Business Associate/Mentor	Founder of The Limited, sold Manhattan townhouse to Epstein, only confirmed client.
Martin Nowak	Scientist	Harvard University professor, recipient of $30M donation.
Larry Summers	Associate	Former Harvard President, described as a friend.
Alan Dershowitz	Associate	Prominent law professor, described as a friend.
Donald Trump	Associate	Described as a friend.
Mort Zuckerman	Associate	New York Daily News Publisher, described as a friend.
Dominick Dunne	Writer	Vanity Fair chronicler, quoted saying he never met Epstein.
Steven Hoffenberg	Former Mentor/Employer	Serving prison term for Ponzi scheme.
John Kerry	Politician	Recipient of campaign donation.
Bill Richardson	Governor of New Mexico	Recipient of campaign donation.
Joe Lieberman	Senator	Recipient of campaign donation.
Hillary Rodham Clinton	Senator	Recipient of campaign donation.
Christopher Dodd	Senator	Recipient of campaign donation.
Charles Schumer	Senator	Recipient of campaign donation.

Name	Type	Context
Palm Beach Police	Law Enforcement
Mail on Sunday	Media
New York magazine	Media
Vanity Fair	Media
New York Post	Media
Dalton School	Education	Where Epstein taught math
Bear Stearns	Financial Institution	Epstein's former employer
J. Epstein and Co.	Company	Epstein's firm started in early 1980s
The Limited	Retail Chain	Founded by Leslie Wexner
Harvard University	Education
Program for Evolutionary Dynamics	Research Institute	Directed by Martin Nowak
New York Daily News	Media
Citibank	Financial Institution	Sued Epstein for loan default
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)	Government Agency	Investigated Epstein/Bear Stearns

Location	Context
Palm Beach	Epstein home on El Brillo Way; police investigation
New York City	High society context; Epstein birth place
Manhattan	Upper East Side townhouse; Dalton School
Coney Island	Brooklyn neighborhood where Epstein was raised
Africa	Destination of 2002 trip with Clinton
New Mexico	27,000 sq ft mansion on 10,000-acre ranch outside Santa Fe
Virgin Islands	100-acre private island owned by Epstein
El Brillo Way	Street address of Palm Beach home

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asking questions and teenage girls started talking, a wave of legal resistance followed.

If Palm Beach police didn't know quite who Jeffrey Epstein was, they found out soon enough.

Epstein, now 53, was a quintessential man of mystery. He amassed his fortune and friends quietly, always in the background as he navigated New York high society.

When he first attracted notice in the early 1990s, it was on account of the woman he was dating: Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of the late British media tycoon Robert Maxwell.

In a lengthy article, headlined "The Mystery of Ghislaine Maxwell's Secret Love," the British Mail on Sunday tabloid laid out speculative stories that the socialite's beau was a CIA spook, a math teacher, a concert pianist or a corporate headhunter.

"But what is the truth about him?" the newspaper wondered. "Like Maxwell, Epstein is both flamboyant and intensely private."

The media frenzy did not begin in full until a decade later. In September 2002, Epstein was flung into the limelight when he flew Clinton and actors Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker to Africa on his private jet.

Suddenly everyone wanted to know who Epstein was. New York magazine and Vanity Fair published lengthy profiles. The New York Post listed him as one of the city's most eligible bachelors and began describing him in its gossip columns with adjectives such as "mysterious" and "reclusive."

Although Epstein gave no interviews, the broad strokes of his past started to come into focus.

Building a life of extravagance

He was born blue-collar in 1953, the son of a New York City parks department employee, and raised in Brooklyn's Coney Island neighborhood. He left college without a bachelor's degree but became a math teacher at the prestigious Dalton School in Manhattan.

The story goes that the father of one of Epstein's students was so impressed with the man that he put him in touch with a senior partner at Bear Stearns, the global investment bank and securities firm.

In 1976, Epstein left Dalton for a job at Bear Stearns. By the early 1980s, he had started J. Epstein and Co. That is when he began making his millions in earnest.

Little is known or said about Epstein's business except this: He manages money for the extremely wealthy. He is said to handle accounts only of $1 billion or greater.

It has been estimated he has roughly 15 clients, but their identities are the subject of only speculation. All except for one: Leslie Wexner, founder of The Limited retail chain and a former Palm Beacher who is said to have been a mentor to Epstein.

Wexner sold Epstein one of his most lavish residences: a massive townhouse that dominates a block on Manhattan's Upper East Side. It is reported to have, among its finer features, closed-circuit television and a heated sidewalk to melt away fallen snow.

That townhouse, thought to be the largest private residence in Manhattan, is only a piece of the extravagant world Epstein built over time.

In New Mexico, he constructed a 27,000-square-foot hilltop mansion on a 10,000-acre ranch outside Santa Fe. Many believed it to be the largest home in the state.

In Palm Beach, he bought a waterfront home on El Brillo Way. And he owns a 100-acre private island in the Virgin Islands.

Perhaps as remarkable as his lavish homes is his extensive network of friends and associates at the highest echelons of power. This includes not only socialites but also business tycoons, media moguls, politicians, royalty and Nobel Prize-winning scientists whose research he often funds.

"Just like other people collect art, he collects scientists," said Martin Nowak, who directs the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics at Harvard University and was reportedly the recipient of a $30 million research donation from Epstein.

Epstein is said to have befriended former Harvard President Larry Summers, prominent law Professor Alan Dershowitz, Donald Trump and New York Daily News Publisher Mort Zuckerman.

And yet he managed for decades to maintain a low profile. He avoids eating out and was rarely photographed.

"The odd thing is I never met him," said Dominick Dunne, the famous chronicler of the trials and tribulations of the very rich. "I wasn't even aware of him," except for a Vanity Fair article.

Epstein's friendship with Clinton has attracted the most attention.

Epstein met Clinton as early as 1995, when he paid tens of thousands of dollars to join him at an intimate fund-raising dinner in Palm Beach. But from all appearances, they did not become close friends until after Clinton left the Oval Office and moved to New York.

Epstein has donated more than $100,000 to Democratic candidates' campaigns, including John Kerry's presidential bid, the reelection campaign of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and the Senate bids of Joe Lieberman, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Christopher Dodd and Charles Schumer.

Powerful friends and enemies

A Vanity Fair profile found cracks in the veneer of Epstein's life story. The 2003 article said he left Bear Stearns in the wake of a federal probe and a possible Securities and Exchange Commission violation. It also pointed out that Citibank once sued him for defaulting on a $20 million loan.

The article suggested that one of his business mentors and previous employers was Steven Hoffenberg, now serving a prison term after "bilking investors out of more than $450 million in one of the largest Ponzi schemes in American history."

As he amassed his wealth, Epstein made enemies in disputes both large and small. He sued the man who in 1990 sold him his multimillion-dollar Palm Beach home over a dispute about less than $16,000 in furnishings.

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