DAY 687 - [B] - List of people named in the Epstein files
Joscha Bach
Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist whose MIT Media Lab research has been subsidized by Epstein. Bach wrote to Epstein in 2016 that “black kids in the US have slower cognitive development” and that women “tend to find abstract systems, conflicts and mechanisms intrinsically boring”. Bach stated he kept connected to Epstein after his conviction because academics recommended him as a funding source and vouched for his reformation.[27]
Adam Back
Adam Back is a co-founder of blockchain company Blockstream. Back was invited by Epstein to his island in April 2014 and an email sent by Epstein to Amir Taaki indicated that Back visited the island.[28][29] Epstein made a $500,000 investment in Blockstream through an investment fund he co-owned with Joichi Ito in 2014.[30]
Doug Band
Doug Band is a former aide to Bill Clinton, whom he connected to Epstein. He exchanged flirtatious emails in 2002 with Maxwell.[31]Maxwell and Epstein gifted Band a $35,000 Audemars Piguet watch in 2005;[32] Band also flew on Epstein’s private jet more than 35 times.[33] In 2011, Band removed Maxwell from lists to Clinton-related events.[31]
Steve Bannon
Pundit and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon exchanged thousand of texts with Epstein to discuss how to influence European coalitions, pressure China, or forge Middle East ties. Epstein lent him multiple times the use of his Paris apartment, his Palm Beach house, and his plane; Bannon coached Epstein to face the early 2019 media.[4] According to Politico, the files indicate Bannon had a relationship with Epstein after 2008.[34]
Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak is a former prime minister and Minister of Defense of Israel. Barak and Epstein regularly exchanged email communications, and met over 60 times between September 2010 and March 2019, including while Barak served as Minister of Defense of Israel.[35] In a 2013 email chain where Barak told Epstein that Summers withdrew from the Federal Reserve chair race, Epstein scheduled Barak to meet with Ariane de Rothschild and some “kissinger china guy”.[36] In a 2013 recording, Epstein nudged Barak to work with Thiel‘s Palantir.[37] In 2016, the Israeli government installed security equipment to a Manhattan building owned by his brother and managed by Epstein, for use by his associates and underage models; Barak frequented the building for extended stays.[38]
Tom Barrack
Tom Barrack is the United States Ambassador to Turkey and Trump longtime confidante. By the early 2000s, Barrack and Epstein had business ties to the Middle East. They invited each other, introduced each other to diplomats and investors, discussed business opportunities. According to CBS News, Epstein facilitated introductions between Barrack and Thiel, Barak, and Churkin.[39]
Sergei Belyakov
Sergei Belyakov is a former Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia. Epstein emailed Sergei Belyakov that a “Russian girl” was attempting to blackmail Leon Black.[40][41] After a year of friendship, Belyakov helped arrange a three-year visa for Epstein’s visits to Russia, and Epstein introduced him to Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, and Ehud Barak. After Belyakov began working with his country’s sovereign wealth fund, he asked Epstein for investment advice.[42]
Leon Black
Leon Black is an American private equity investor whom Epstein referred to as “Mr. Big” in emails. Weeks after Epstein’s death, JPMorgan Chase filed a suspicious activity report for transactions conducted by Black, Dubin, Dershowitz, and Wexner, totalling about $1 billion. These reports were unsealed by a federal judge.[43] Black, who paid Epstein $170 million for tax and estate planning advice, told investors after Epstein’s death he was unaware of Epstein’s misconduct; files listed more than $600,000 in “gifts” from Black to a former model connected to Epstein.[44] In January 2021, Black stepped down from leadership roles at Apollo Global Management, the firm he co-founded.[45] In March 2026, shareholders sued Apollo, Black, and co-founder Marc Rowan in a proposed class action.[46]
David Blaine
David Blaine is an American magician. Files showed a years-long correspondence with Epstein and regular dinners between 2012 and 2016. In 2015, Blaine agreed to write a letter of support for a U.S. visa application for an unidentified woman.[47]
Leonard Blavatnik
Leonard Blavatnik is British-American businessman. Blavatnik corresponded with Epstein and was invited to several of his gatherings.[48] In a recorded conversation, Guzel Ganieva, a woman who accused Leon Black of rape, also accused Blavatnik of defamation and ruining her reputation.[48]
Todd Boehly
Todd Boehly is chairman of Chelsea, part-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Lakers, and was managing partner at Guggenheim. Emails from 2011 showed Epstein arranged two meetings; the second was a conference call in part to discuss Mandelson.[49] The files showed that Epstein asked Mandelson to help with Boehly’s bid to buy Silverstone.[50]
Leon Botstein
Leon Botstein was Bard College president. He met Epstein numerous times after his 2008 conviction, soliciting donations. In 2011, Epstein donated Bard $75,000.[51] Botstein invited Epstein to school events in 2013 and 2016; Epstein planned to bring young female assistants each time; Botstein stated they had security ready due to Epstein’s criminal record.[52] In 2016, Botstein gave Bard $150,000 he received from Epstein, who said was for being on the board of Gratitude America, an Epstein-created foundation.[51] Emails also revealed Epstein connected Botstein with the daughter of Allen and Previn.[11]
Edward Boyden
See also: Edward_Boyden § Association with Jeffrey Epstein
Edward Boyden is an American-French MIT neuroscientist. In August 2015, Reid Hoffman hosted a dinner in Palo Alto for Boyden. Epstein emailed Peter Attia about the event, and sent himself a photo with Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, and his wife, Priscilla Chan. In an email to Tom Pritzker, Epstein described the dinner as “wild”.[53]
Børge Brende
Børge Brende is the CEO of the World Economic Forum who exchanged more than 120 emails and text messages with Epstein, and was a guest at several dinners at Epstein’s townhouse in New York City.[54] A photograph shows Brende at Epstein’s New York home together with Steve Bannon and Terje Rød-Larsen;[54], by whom Brende stated he was introduced to Epstein.[55]
Flavio Briatore
Flavio Briatore is an Italian businessman. Briatore maintained email contact with Epstein.[56]
Sergey Brin
Sergey Brin is an American computer scientist and businessman who co-founded Google. Documents indicated Brin visited Epstein’s private island and corresponded with Ghislaine Maxwell about attending dinners at Epstein’s home.[2]
John Brockman
John Brockman established the Edge Foundation. Epstein was its biggest donor;[57]Brockman organized with Silicon Valley billionaires events Epstein funded and attended.[3]Brockman boasted that the net worth of his 2014 dinner combined the wealth of 60% of Americans.[58] Epstein told Brockman not to care about diversity, holding women as “weak” and “a distraction”.[59]
Jean-Luc Brunel
Jean-Luc Brunel was a French model scout, and the founder of MC2 Model Management, with financing by Epstein. From 1998 to 2005, Brunel was listed as a passenger in flight logs for Epstein’s private plane on 25 trips. In 2008, he visited the jail where Epstein was held at least 70 times. The files showed Brunel was listed in a 2019 FBI document as one of Epstein’s “co-conspirators”.[60]
Albert Bryan Jr.
Albert Bryan Jr. is the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands. Epstein reached out to Bryan about an “unpermitted land clearing.”[61] Bryan denies any wrongdoing in his correspondence.[62]
William Burns
William Burns is a former director of the Central Intelligence Agency whose scheduling documents showed three meetings with Epstein in 2014 as deputy secretary of state. They first met at Steptoe & Johnson, and subsequently at the Manhattan townhouse. The CIA denied Burns had any relationship with Epstein.[52] Burns stated he regretted the meetings.[63]
