Leslie Wexner
b. 1937
The retail billionaire who made Epstein — and the pro-Israel network he moved in.
Leslie Wexner, the L Brands founder, is the money behind the myth: the one client who gave Jeffrey Epstein sweeping legal and financial control, and the connective tissue to the Mega Group, a circle of pro-Israel billionaire philanthropists. Without Wexner's fortune and trust, there is no Epstein.
What the record shows
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He gave Epstein sweeping power of attorney over his finances.
FACTWexner handed Epstein extraordinary authority — to borrow, sign, and spend in his name — the single relationship that turned a former schoolteacher into a 'money manager to billionaires.'
He transferred Epstein the Manhattan townhouse that became a crime scene.
FACTThe Upper East Side mansion — later central to the trafficking case — moved from Wexner's control to Epstein's for far less than its value.
He was a central figure in the Mega Group of pro-Israel billionaire donors.
FACTThe philanthropic network connects Wexner's Epstein relationship to a broader web this site documents across the Israeli-influence and Epstein files.
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