Relationship of Les Wexner and Jeffrey Epstein
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The American billionaire Les Wexner retained Jeffrey Epstein as his financial manager from 1987 to 2007 and was initially the "main client" of Epstein's money-management firm. In 2007, Wexner cut ties with Epstein, who was convicted in 2008 for soliciting a minor for prostitution in Florida, and became a registered sex offender.
In February 2026, Representative Ro Khanna revealed that the FBI had once listed Wexner as a potential Epstein co-conspirator. Wexner has denied involvement in any of Epstein's offending, and according to Epstein victim's lawyer Brad Edwards, there is no evidence to suggest Wexner was in the company of Epstein during his crimes. In April 2026, several women who were victims of Epstein would file lawsuits against Les Wexner and the Wexner Foundation which alleged Wexner helped fund Epstein's sex trafficking network with $200 million he gave to Epstein from 1987 to 2007.
History
1986–2008
In 1986, Jeffrey Epstein met Wexner through their mutual acquaintances, insurance executive Robert Meister and his wife, in Palm Beach. Wexner hired Epstein as his financial manager from 1987 to 2007. He was the primary client of Epstein, who claimed to only work with clients with a net worth of one billion USD or greater. Wexner purchased his New York property, the Herbert N. Straus House, in 1989 and sold it to Epstein in the mid-1990s following Wexner's marriage to Abigail. Epstein moved into the house in 1995, at which time he claimed to own it, although its registered ownership changed in 2011 from a trust connected to both Wexner and Epstein to a trust controlled by Epstein.
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