A few days ago, like every year, Forbes announced the list with the 3,428 wealthiest people on the planet.
While several analysts stopped to analyze the rises and falls of certain fortunes, some others highlighted the fact that several of those on the list are mentioned in the case Epstein, of which, also recently, a new batch of files.
Below, the main names linked to the pedophile and the detail of the type of relationship they established.
Elon Musk, Bill Gates and other famous billionaires
Just among the first 500 people on the Forbes billionaires list There are several names that have had some kind of relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
The fact that they are linked to the sexual abuser does not necessarily imply that they have committed a crime, although some of them were investigated.
Connections range from simple email exchanges or traveling together to complicity in possible physical violations.
«The wildest party»: the relationship of the richest man in the world with Epstein
Con 839 billion dollars, Elon Musk, co-founder of seven companies, including Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter, returns to top the list, as he had done at the beginning of 2025.
Your name appears over 1000 times in the Epstein Archives, where, specifically, several email exchanges between him and the sexual predator are included.
In November 2012, for example, Musk asked Epstein when the “wildest party” on his island, with the aim of assisting her.
However, there is no public evidence that Musk actually traveled there or engaged in criminal activity.
The tycoon has denied any close relationship or inappropriate with Epstein, stating that he had “very little correspondence” with him, that he rejected invitations to come to his house or fly on his private jet and that this email exchange was misinterpreted.
Sergey Brin: the Google founder who visited Epstein Island
You don’t have to go much further down the list to find another name related to the Epstein scandal: at number 3 it appears Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, with a fortune of 237 billion dollars.
Thanks to the disclosure of files, photos were revealed showing Brin with the financier. According to various journalistic reports and the testimony of Sarah Ransome, one of the pedophile’s victims, the businessman, along with his then partner, Anne Wojcicki, visited Epstein’s private island in 2007.
In addition, there are emails that show that the Google founder was in contact with Ghislaine Maxwell and that he was invited to social events at the sexual abuser’s mansion in New York.
However, as with Musk, there is no evidence that Brin was involved in the type of criminal activities that Epstein carried out.
Emails and a strange request: the link between Epstein and Bill Gates
Bill Gates, who knew how to occupy the number 1 position for many years, is located at number 19 in the recent list, with an estimated net worth of 108 billion dollars.
Like the aforementioned millionaires, he also had a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and even visited his house. In emails published by the American justice system, the sexual predator stated that the Microsoft co-founder asked for medication to treat a sexually transmitted disease which he contracted by having sexual relations with «Russian girls.»
The link with these women was later admitted by Gates himself, who also assumed that he had flown on Epstein’s private plane and described his friendship with the discredited financier as a «huge mistake.» However, he added that he had not done or seen anything illegal.
Les Wexner: Epstein’s accomplice?
The Wexners, The founder of L Brands, the group that owns brands such as Victoria’s Secret, is ranked 402 on the Forbes list, with a fortune of $8.8 billion.
Wexner’s relationship with Epstein is widely known. In the mid-80s, the then young financier was introduced to the businessman, who was impressed with him and hired him as personal financial advisor.
Over time, the deal became very close. Epstein managed much of Wexner’s personal fortune and even managed investments, properties and made financial decisions for the magnate.
This bond, which was further consolidated over the years, allowed Epstein access to the economic and political elite.
However, in the early 2000s, Wexner discovered financial irregularities in his estate and, after an investigation, accused his advisor of misappropriating millions of dollars.
Because of this level of relationship, the FBI investigated it as possible «co-conspirator» of the criminal activities of the sexual predator. Additionally, in 2026, Wexner was summoned before the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee to testify about the Epstein case. On that occasion, denied knowing or participating in criminal conduct, and said he was deceived by Epstein.
A high-ranking official and the president of a football team: other billionaires associated with Epstein
Beyond 500th place Other names linked to the Epstein scandal are also on the Forbes list.
Although, like those already named, many of them have no proven crime in the case, their mere appearance in the pedophile’s files reveals a pattern of behavior: few millionaires escaped the financier’s tentacles.
Howard Lutnick and a private neighbor
In 542nd place, with 7.2 billion dollars, is Howard Lutnick, actual United States Secretary of Commerce.
Lutnick, who was CEO of the Cantor Fitzgerald company, lived next door to Epstein’s house in New York.
At first, the official stated that he only visited the financier once, in 2005, and that on that occasion the massage room caused him such repulsion that he never went to the house again.
However, Lutnick later admitted that she saw him again at social gatherings in 2008. Later, thanks to the disclosure of files, it was also discovered that, in 2012, she visited the pedophile’s island. Despite everything, he does not face criminal charges linked to the case.
Tom Pritzker: a trip aimed at «getting women» for Epstein
In position 677 on the payroll appears Tom Pritzker, heir to Hyatt Hotels, with $6.2 billion.
Pritzker’s ties to Epstein ran deep. Apart from email exchanges, in 2018, the businessman He flew on the «Lolita Express» and helped organize a trip to Southeast Asia for Epstein’s girlfriend, Karyna Shuliak, whose objective was «get women» for the financier, as revealed by The New York Post.
Once the scandal was uncovered, Pritzker resigned from his position as president of Hyatt and declared that he «deeply regrets» his ties to the pedophile.
«Prostitute?»: the controversial emails between the pedophile and Steve Tisch
Steve Tablepresident of the American football team New York Giants, He is ranked 1,193rd among the richest people in the world, with a fortune of $2.2 billion.
In the past, Tisch exchanged several emails, with scandalous content, with the sexual predator.
Evidence showed that Epstein attempted to set him up with several women, including a «Tahitian» girl named «Emily» in 2013, years after Epstein’s first conviction in Florida. «Prostitute?», Tisch responded to this intention. Other emails refer to “girls” from Ukraine and Russia.
Later, the businessman stated that they were talking about adult women and that he regretted having associated with Epstein.
Flights, visits and a strange pretension: the link between Glen Dubin and the sexual predator
The hedge fund manager Glenn Dubin68, is also on the Forbes list, where he is ranked 1440 with $2.9 billion.
At the same time, and like several of the rich people who make up the list, he shows a relationship with the Epstein case.
According to the scandal investigation, Dubin flew on the Lolita Express 21 times. He and his wife, Eva Andersson, Epstein’s former girlfriend, were close friends of the pedophile, leading to them taking him into their home and even interceding for him in 2009 with his parole agent, stating that they felt «completely comfortable» with Epstein around their children.
Furthermore, it was known thatThe financier intended to marry Celina, the 19-year-old daughter of Dubin, and make her his teenage wife.
Despite everything, Dubin, who admitted to being friends with Epstein, said he knew nothing about the abuse and that, after the pedophile’s conviction in 2008, he cut off the relationship.
