The tech elites in the Epstein files

“My correspondence with Epstein was minimal, and I declined repeated invitations to go to his island or travel on the Lolita Express, but I was well aware that some of my email correspondence with him could be misinterpreted and used by detractors to tarnish my name,” Musk said. mail On the tenth on Saturday. “I don’t care about that, but what does matter to me is that we at least try to prosecute those who committed serious crimes with Epstein, especially regarding his heinous exploitation of underage girls.” Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment from WIRED.

Larry Page (314 files), Sergey Brin (294 files)

The Google founders appear in the Epstein files roughly the same number of times, and have both been linked to Epstein previously. Paige and Brian were both Subpoenas were issued In 2023 related to a civil lawsuit brought by the US Virgin Islands against JPMorgan Chase related to Epstein’s sex trafficking crimes. in Court documents In connection with Virginia Giuffre’s defamation lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell, which was unsealed in 2024, Epstein’s victim, Sarah Ransom, claimed she met Prine and his fiancée, Anne Wojcicki, before their 2007 wedding, “when they visited the island for the day.”

Recently released Justice Department files provide a much fuller picture of their relationships with Epstein, and particularly with Brin. An April 2003 email exchange with Ghislaine Maxwell indicates that Brin had dinner at Epstein’s New York home that month. (“Dinner at Jeffrey’s is always casual and relaxed,” Maxwell said books.) On that show, Brin offered to invite “our CEO Eric,” a reference to then-Google CEO Eric Schmidt, though he said that “Schmidt’s schedule might be a little busy,” and there was no indication that Schmidt would attend.

Page also appears to have had dinner with Epstein. “David Gergen asks who was there for lunch or dinner years ago when he came over to your house and the Google guys were there (Larry Page and Sergey Brin)” Groff books to Epstein in 2015. There are also references in the files to alleged business dealings between Page and Epstein. “Tony, Larry Page’s chief pilot, called Nicholas today and is ‘again’ interested in using your Bell 407 for the St. Barts operation,” says one report. Email to Epstein from a redacted address sent on 23 December 2010, followed by details of possible associated charges. Bell 407 is a type of helicopter. Emails It appears that an entity called “Air Ghislaine Inc” purchased one on October 30, 2002. The “St. Barts operation” appears to have been a visitation; Epstein was notified in a letter Email Later that same day “Larry Page changed his mind and was going to use the boat to go to Barts.”

On another occasion, Epstein emailed a link to a news story about Google testing “webcast drones” in New Mexico to a redacted address. “You can tell Larry Page they can use my runway, because most of this land is my farm.” books. There is no indication that this happened. Alphabet did not immediately respond to a request for comment from WIRED. Anne Wojcicki did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Mark Zuckerberg (282 files), Jeff Bezos (196 files), Eric Schmidt (193 files)

While Epstein appears to have been emailing primarily around Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg rather than with him, the files indicate at least one occasion when the two met. Both were on the invite list Via email Written by Associate Reed Hoffman at a dinner on August 2, 2015 with neuroscientist Ed Boyden. Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and Joi Ito were among the other invitees. Hoffman followed up a few days later with Email To Zuckerberg and Epstein with the subject line “Introductions.” The message reads: “Jeffrey, Zuck, email communications from Ed Boyden dinner – so this conversation can continue.”

There is no indication that Zuckerberg responded at all. Otherwise, it appears that Epstein spent much more time sending emails about Zuckerberg than he meant to marriage For Priscilla Chan, be it due Nobel Peace Prize — from him.