For more than two decades, the convicted sex offender developed a network at the tech giant, making him privy to succession discussions and other business.
More than he did at any other major tech company, Mr. Epstein found success boring into the inner sanctums of Microsoft. Leveraging one connection into the next, he became privy to the company’s dramas, from its chief executive succession to the philanthropy of top executives. After Mr. Epstein left prison in 2009 for soliciting prostitution from a minor, his connections to Microsoft executives aided his attempt to return to society.
Mr. Epstein’s moves to develop relationships in other large companies via their founders, including L Brands and Apollo Global Management, were less successful. The files from the Justice Department show that he spent more than a decade developing a network of Microsoft executives, including Mr. Gates; Nathan Myhrvold, a former technology chief; Steven Sinofsky, who ran Microsoft’s Windows division; Linda Stone, a former technology research executive; Reid Hoffman, a Microsoft board member; and employees of Mr. Gates’s personal investment and charity funds.
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Mr. Epstein portrayed himself as so close to Microsoft executives that in 2013, he casually solicited the interest of other contacts about leading the company. In an email to the billionaire Tom Pritzker, Mr. Epstein wrote, “Any interest in running microsoft?”
It’s crazy but not surprising that the cowardly NYT would have an article this long about this many links to epstein and his island without any acknowledgemwnt that these men almost certainly raped children. Bill gates without a doubt did.
