Epstein Secrets

a powerful Wall Street investment bank. Both New York magazine and Vanity Fair magazine reported that he made connections at Dalton that led him to Alan C. Greenberg, then the dauntless chief executive of the Wall Street firm Bear Steams. Known as "Ace," Mr. Greenberg was later the firm's chairman and the chairma

tive Officer Jimmy Cayne praising his skills. He left in 1981 to set up J. Epstein & Co., but one bank executive said he remained close to Cayne and Greenberg and was a client until Bear Stearns' demise. Epstein's money management business had an exclusive focus: It would serve only billionaires. Epstein

cumstances. And what's interesting about that is that he seemed to have a curious power over the two gentlemen who ran Bear Stearns, James Cayne and Ace Greenberg. And he was certainly questioned by the SEC back in the day. AMY GOODMAN: The Securities and Exchange Commission. VICKY WARD: Yes, as to what he m

was born in the Bronx. But Mr. Epstein came from Brooklyn. His father was a city Parks Department employee. Mr. Epstein took classes in physics at The Cooper Union in the mid-1970s and later attended New York University, but did not receive a degree from either school, New York magazine reported. He began his

a powerful Wall Street investment bank. Both New York magazine and Vanity Fair magazine reported that he made connections at Dalton that led him to Alan C. Greenberg, then the dauntless chief executive of the Wall Street firm Bear Stearns. Known as "Ace," Mr. Greenberg was later the firm's chairman and the chairm

tive Officer Jimmy Cayne praising his skills. He left in 1981 to set up J. Epstein & Co., but one bank executive said he remained close to Cayne and Greenberg and was a client until Bear Stearns' demise. Epstein's money management business had an exclusive focus: It would serve only billionaires. Epstein

cumstances. And what's interesting about that is that he seemed to have a curious power over the two gentlemen who ran Bear Stearns, James Cayne and Ace Greenberg. And he was certainly questioned by the SEC back in the day. AMY GOODMAN: The Securities and Exchange Commission. VICKY WARD: Yes, as to what he m

was born in the Bronx. But Mr. Epstein came from Brooklyn. His father was a city Parks Department employee. Mr. Epstein took classes in physics at The Cooper Union in the mid-1970s and later attended New York University, but did not receive a degree from either school, New York magazine reported. He began his

ugh he dabbles in commodities and real estate as well. Those who know him say he is an Impulsive, quick-to-change-his-mind trader, still governed by Ace Greenberg's trader's maxim: If the stock is down 10 percent, sell it. He has been on the short side of the Brazilian real, and those close to him say bets there

? You should be working on Wall Street — why don't you give my friend Ace Greenberg a call." Epstein was in many respects the perfect candidate for Greenberg's consideration. Greenberg, a senior partner at Bear Stearns at the time and a legendary trader in his own right, has long made it dear that it's th

age 5 of 5 Indeed, friends say his close relationships with Wexner and others have provided him witt education. Epstein briefly studied physics at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences but never graduated fro Sources close to Epstei