Epstein Secrets

aphies of "Richard Branson, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and Ratan Tata". The first decade of running his

ing $325m. In March it announced its first deal, paying $265m in cash and shares to buy BancABC, a medium-sized lender with operations in Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and signed another deal to acquire a bank in Rwanda through a privatisation programme. Atlas Mara more recently ha

ge W. Bush, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Gates, Henry Kissinger, Mayor Bloomberg, Mark Zuckerbe

art of the Jubilee z000 delegation to end third world debt. The delegation's visit resulted in $27 billion in third world debt relief for Bolivia, Mozambique, and the Ivory Coast. In wog, in front of a live audience of more than a half-million spectators, Jones launched the We Are the Future initiative

empowering customers in the activities they value most." That sentence spurred much chatter inside the company, including the p=rsistent rumor that Gates had dropped the bomb on Ballmer. That sentiment was further underscored when Ballmer's letter contained n= reference or thanks to Gates, with whom

s prize for achievement in African leadership,=established in 2007. Past winners include presidents Joaquim Chissano and Festus Gontebanye Mogae, of Mozambique and Botswana respectiv=ly, although the prize is not awarded if no one meets the criteria.=/p> Sceptics may wonder wheth=r these accolades contribu

York's Rockefeller University in 2000 brought him into greater social promi- nence. Boasting such social names as Nancy Kissnger. Brooke Astor. and Robert Rats. the board also includes such pre-eminent scientists as Nobel laureate Joseph Gold- stein. "Epstein was thrilled to be elected." says someone who

21, and a helicopter to ferry him from his island to St. Thomas). Clinton had organized a weeklong tour of South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, and Mozambique to do what Clinton does. So when the president's advance man Doug Band pitched the idea to Epstein, he said sure. As an added bonus, Kevin Spacey,