Les Wexner

Retail billionaire and philanthropist who founded The Limited in 1963 and built L Brands into a retail empire that included Victoria’s Secret, Bath & Body Works, Abercrombie & Fitch, and other brands; he later became publicly scrutinized for his long relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Documents Show Epstein Turned Elite Access Into a Transaction Network

Bloomberg’s review of thousands of Jeffrey Epstein’s emails, appointment books and message logs argues that his influence rested less on proximity to famous people than on a transactional role inside elite networks. The documents depict Epstein as a broker who used wealth, introductions, gifts, donations, legal and financial services, and access to young women to embed himself across finance, politics, academia and global business, even as allegations against him accumulated.

Bloomberg OriginalsMay 18, 20269 min read