- Joined
- Dec 15, 2009
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- NW USA
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Undisclosed
For a guy who was born in Brooklyn to a father who worked for the city as a grounds keeper and gardener and a mother who worked as a part time aide in public schools and a homemaker. At the age of 5 he was an accomplished pianist. At the age of 16 he graduated high school skipping 2 grades and that same year enrolled in college. He dropped out his final year and then went on to teach mathematics and physics at Dalton where wealthy people send their kids. There he meets wealthy parents, Some were big wigs at Bear Sterns, they offer him a job. It was an assistant to a floor trader but in a short period of time he was handling the wealthy clients at Bear Stearns. After his stint there he branched out on his own. He had built up a relationship with some of the wealthiest people in the world. The only known client prior to his arrest in Florida was Les Wexner owner and CEO of L Brands which includes Victoria Secret and Bath and Body Works.
Wexner is of interest to me because he lives here in Central Ohio in New Albany NE of Columbus. I learned today that Wexner gave Epstein power of Atty. over his entire finances. The town of New Albany before Wexner built his mansion there was just a little town but Wexner bought up a lot of acreage and developed it into one of the richest, wealthiest communities in Ohio. And who oversaw the development? Epstein. When it was first being developed, the Parade of Homes was held there one year. I went and the houses were spectacular. Of course Wexner's mansion was covered in the society pages. The formal dining room in his house is an elevator. The restaurant style kitchen used for entertaining is located in the lower level far away from the guests. The floor of the dining room moves down to the kitchen area where it is set for each individual course. It returns with each course already served. Someone spill wine during the first course? No problem, linens are changed and the table is completely reset for the next course. Wexner has charities and has been involved at Ohio State for years. This past week because of all the publicity he has received he sent a letters out to those involved in his charities claiming he foolishly trusted Epstein and claimed when he was facing charges in Florida he ended the relationship. He went on to state that after the relationship ended he discovered that Epstein had misappropriated 40 some million of the Wexner families personal wealth. He says in the letter he was able to retrieve some of it.
You know when you read stuff like this it is easy to see how conspiracy theories could get started but you have to shake your head and wonder how on earth could Wexner give someone outside his family or other life long business partners power of atty over everything? That just doesn't make sense.
Wealth doesn't automatically equal common sense.