Below is a structured intelligence-style map of people publicly identified (through court filings, investigations, released emails, regulatory findings, or credible reporting) as having documented associations or sustained contact with Jeffrey Epstein, together with:
✅ the companies or organisations they worked for at the time of contact
✅ the institutions linked to Epstein through them
✅ senior leadership present in those organisations during the relationship period

⚠️ Critical note
- “Associate” here means documented professional, financial, academic, or social contact — not guilt.
- Most individuals below were never charged with crimes.
- Information reflects publicly reported material up to 2026 document releases.
🧭 1. Core Operational & Direct Network
(Individuals closest to Epstein’s activities)
Ghislaine Maxwell
Role: Operational partner (convicted 2021)
Organisations
- TerraMar Project (Founder)
- Epstein foundations & trust structures
Senior figures around her network
- Jeffrey Epstein — financier/controller
- Sarah Kellen, Lesley Groff — senior assistants (identified in litigation)
Jean-Luc Brunel
Company
- MC2 Model Management (Founder)
Institutional environment
- International fashion & modeling agencies used for recruitment pipelines (per lawsuits).
Senior figures
- Agency executives and scouts operating in Paris/New York modelling circuits.
Darren Indyke
Role
- Epstein personal lawyer & executor
Companies
- Financial Trust Company (US Virgin Islands)
- Epstein charitable foundations
Senior organisational links
- Trust officers managing Epstein offshore assets.
💰 2. Banking & Finance Network
This is where Epstein maintained the strongest institutional protection and access.
Jes Staley — JPMorgan → Barclays
Companies
- JPMorgan Chase (senior investment bank leadership)
- Later CEO of Barclays
Connection
- Exchanged ~1,200 emails with Epstein and maintained contact after conviction.
Senior leadership during relationship
- Jamie Dimon — CEO, JPMorgan
- Senior asset-management executives overseeing ultra-wealth clients.
Institutional impact
- Lawsuits alleged internal pressure to retain Epstein as a client.
Mary Callahan Erdoes — JPMorgan
Company
- CEO, J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management
Institution
- Harvard Management Company board (appointed 2025)
Connection
- Federal scrutiny over management of Epstein banking relationship.
Senior leadership
- Jamie Dimon — CEO
- JPMorgan compliance & wealth-management leadership teams.
Deutsche Bank Senior Client Relationship
Key figure
- Paul Morris (relationship manager)
Institution
- Deutsche Bank private wealth division
Senior leadership
- Anshu Jain — co-CEO during onboarding period.
Epstein became a major client after leaving JPMorgan.
Kathryn (Kathy) Ruemmler — Goldman Sachs
Roles
- Chief Legal Officer, Goldman Sachs
- Former White House Counsel
Connection
- Extensive meetings and correspondence with Epstein after 2014.
Senior leadership
- David Solomon — CEO, Goldman Sachs
Recent disclosures led to resignation announcements.
🏢 3. Corporate & Billionaire Business Links
Leslie Wexner
Company
- L Brands (Victoria’s Secret parent)
Connection
- Epstein managed large portions of Wexner’s fortune for decades.
Senior organisational figures
- L Brands executive board and retail leadership during 1990s–2000s expansion.
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem
Company
- DP World (global ports operator)
Connection
- Emails and communications revealed longstanding friendship; resigned 2026.
Senior leadership
- Essa Kazim — new chairman
- Yuvraj Narayan — CEO (post-resignation).
🎓 4. Academic & Scientific Network
Epstein cultivated influence heavily through research funding.
Larry Summers
Institutions
- President, Harvard University
- Former U.S. Treasury Secretary
Connection
- Flew on Epstein’s plane; Epstein pledged major Harvard donations.
Senior Harvard leadership at time
- Harvard Corporation governing board
- University endowment leadership.
Joi Ito
Institution
- Director, MIT Media Lab (resigned 2019)
Connection
- Accepted Epstein donations even after conviction.
Senior institutional figures
- MIT Corporation (board overseeing Media Lab)
- Lab research directors and donors.
Neil Gershenfeld
Institution
- MIT Media Lab professor
Connection
- Multiple meetings and visits with Epstein documented in internal review.
Seth Lloyd
Institution
- MIT / Harvard-linked physicist
Connection
- Epstein funding acknowledged in academic papers and visits to island.
Leon Botstein
Institution
- President, Bard College
Connection
- Long correspondence and funding relationship revealed in document releases.
🌍 5. Political / Diplomatic & Royal-Adjacent Links
David Stern (advisor linked to Prince Andrew network)
Institutions
- Cambridge Judge Business School (advisor role)
Connection
- Frequent communication with Epstein and proposals involving financial deals.
🧠 6. Technology & Philanthropic Access Channel
Bill Gates
Organisations
- Microsoft (Chairman during meetings)
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Connection
- Multiple meetings arranged through MIT Media Lab network.
Senior institutional leadership
- Microsoft executive leadership team
- Foundation trustees.
🧩 NETWORK STRUCTURE (What investigators see)
Across released files and lawsuits, Epstein’s access flowed through four institutional gateways:
1️⃣ Banks
JPMorgan → Deutsche Bank → wealth managers
Provided legitimacy and money movement.
2️⃣ Academia
Harvard / MIT / Bard
Provided reputation laundering and elite introductions.
3️⃣ Corporate Billionaires
Retail, tech, logistics executives
Provided social validation and investment access.
4️⃣ Philanthropy & Foundations
Allowed entry into policy, science, and political circles.
⚖️ Key Clarification
Only a small operational group (Maxwell and recruiters) resulted in criminal convictions.
Most others were identified through:
- Emails
- flight logs
- donation records
- banking oversight investigations
- Senate and regulatory probes
—not criminal findings.
