A friend in low places: Profile of Jeffrey Epstein

Epstein made rare appearances in the social columns, but that all changed in September 2002 following a headline-grabbing tour of Aids treatment sites in Africa

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Name: Jeffrey Epstein

Age:66

Appearance: casual hedge fund manager type

Newsworthiness: a fresh wave of allegations have been levelled at the Wall Street financier, who has been arrested and charged with sex trafficking

In October 2002, New York Magazine asked a question on the minds of many Wall Streeters: “Who in the world is Jeffrey Epstein?” Of course, many of New York’s veteran financiers knew of Epstein – the man ran a ...