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Bruce Wasserstein
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American investment banker (1947–2009)
Watch: Bruce Wasserstein in the Epstein files
1:08Narrated from the AI-generated summary of the documents. Numbers reflect the archive at generation time.
Bruce Wasserstein, the Wall Street dealmaker who died in 2009, shows up in the Epstein files mainly as the rival who outbid Epstein's group for New York magazine. The 13 emails in his direct-correspondence count are addressed to Claude Wasserstein, not to him.
The most common appearance, across dozens of investment and legal records, is a profile passage saying Epstein, Mortimer Zuckerman and Harvey Weinstein were "ultimately outbid by Bruce Wasserstein, a longtime Wall Street investor, who paid $55 million." The same passage then describes Epstein and Zuckerman committing up to $25 million to finance Radar. Several 2010 emails between Epstein and a "Claude Wasserstein" are counted as direct correspondence. Bruce Wasserstein died in October 2009, so these cannot be his messages, and the name suggests a different person, possibly a relative. A March 2011 email chain also contains a passage, apparently a writer's remark, about "the late Bruce Wasserstein" and his personal habits and tax status. The documents show no evidence of a personal or business relationship between Wasserstein and Epstein.
Key Highlights
- •A profile of Epstein, repeated in many copies across the investment and legal records, says Epstein, Mortimer Zuckerman and Harvey Weinstein were outbid by Wasserstein, who paid $55 million. This is consistent with Wasserstein's 2004 purchase of New York magazine.
- •The same passage says Epstein and Zuckerman committed up to $25 million in 2004 to finance Radar, a celebrity magazine. Wasserstein is mentioned as the rival buyer, not as a participant.
- •The 13 headers counted as direct correspondence are 2010 emails with Claude Wasserstein (for example, Sept. 26, 2010, and March 2010 messages, one reading "did you sell?"). They post-date Bruce Wasserstein's death, so they should not be read as contact with him.
- •A March 2011 email chain contains a passage calling "the late Bruce Wasserstein" someone with "weight issues, the girl issues," who "moved countries to avoid paying tax." It is one person's characterization in a third-party message, not a documented finding. The documents offer nothing to substantiate it.
- •Another mention comes from a Bloomberg-related item that notes a person worked at Wasserstein Perella & Co., the firm he co-founded. That is a reference to the firm, not to any dealings with Epstein.
- •Wasserstein's high co-mention counts with Epstein, Les Wexner, Mort Zuckerman, Prince Andrew and Harvey Weinstein mostly reflect the same profile text, which names several people at once. They do not show that he interacted with any of them.
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, media mogul and publisher Mortimer Zuckerman, who had the New York Daily News, and film producer Harvey Weinstein. They were ultimately outbid by Bruce Wasserstein, a longtime Wall Street investor, who paid $55 million. In 2004, Epstein and Zuckerman committed up to $25 million to finance Radar a celebrity and
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EFTA01297066.pdf
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Weinstein. They were ultimately outbid by Bruce Wasserstein, a longtime Wall Street investor, who paid $55 mi
, media mogul and publisher Mortimer Zuckerman, who had the New York Daily News, and film producer Harvey Weinstein. They were ultimately outbid by Bruce Wasserstein, a longtime Wall Street investor, who paid $55 million. In 2004, Epstein and Zuckerman committed up to $25 million to finance Radar a celebrity and
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EFTA01296860.pdf
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, media mogul and publisher Mortimer Zuckerman, who had the New York Daily News, and film producer Harvey Weinstein. They were ultimately outbid by Bruce Wasserstein, a longtime Wall Street investor, who paid $55 million. In 2004, Epstein and Zuckerman committed up to $25 million to finance Radar a celebrity and
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EFTA01297125.pdf
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Weinstein. They were ultimately outbid by Bruce Wasserstein, a longtime Wall Street investor, who paid $55 mi
, media mogul and publisher Mortimer Zuckerman, who had the New York Daily News, and film producer Harvey Weinstein. They were ultimately outbid by Bruce Wasserstein, a longtime Wall Street investor, who paid $55 million. In 2004, Epstein and Zuckerman committed up to $25 million to finance Radar a celebrity and
media mogul and publisher Mortimer Zuckerman. who had the Kew York Daily ?trews, and film producer liantey Weinstein. They were ultimately outbid by Bruce Wasserstein, a longtime Wall Street investor, who paid 555 million." In 2004, Epstein and Zuckerman committed up to $25 million to finance Radar, a celebrity an
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figured, rather like I have, after years of writing about he very rich, that most successful people in the end either have some weird habit (the late Bruce Wasserstein had the weight issues, the girl issues, and moved countries to avoid paying tax), or they break the law (Sam Waksal, Martha Stewart.) You don't tend
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figured, rather like I have, after years of writing about he very rich, that most successful people in the end either have some weird habit (the late Bruce Wasserstein had the weight issues, the girl issues, and moved countries to avoid paying tax), or they break the law (Sam Waksal, Martha Stewart.) You don't tend
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2 mentionsSource: House Oversight Committee
figured, rather like I have, after years of writing about he very rich, that most successful people in the end either have some weird habit (the late Bruce Wasserstein had the weight issues, the girl issues, and moved countries to avoid paying tax), or they break the law (Sam Waksal, Martha Stewart.) You don't tend
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figured, rather like I have, after years of writing about he very rich, that most successful people in the end either have some weird habit (the late Bruce Wasserstein had the weight issues, the girl issues, and moved countries to avoid paying tax), or they break the law (Sam Waksal, Martha Stewart.) You don't tend
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2 mentionsSource: House Oversight Committee
figured, rather like I have, after years of writing about he very rich, that most successful people in the end either have some weird habit (the late Bruce Wasserstein had the weight issues, the girl issues, and moved countries to avoid paying tax), or they break the law (Sam Waksal, Martha Stewart.) You don't tend
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2 mentionsSource: House Oversight Committee
figured, rather like I have, after years of writing about he very rich, that most successful people in the end either have some weird habit (the late Bruce Wasserstein had the weight issues, the girl issues, and moved countries to avoid paying tax), or they break the law (Sam Waksal, Martha Stewart.) You don't tend
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end either have some weird habit (the late Bruce Wasserstein had the weight issues, the girl issues, and moved
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figured, rather like I have, after years of writing about he very rich, that most successful people in the end either have some weird habit (the late Bruce Wasserstein had the weight issues, the girl issues, and moved countries to avoid paying tax), or they break the law (Sam Waksal, Martha Stewart.) You don't tend
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PersonAmerican sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
160 docs160 co-mentions
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PersonCanadian-American billionaire real estate developer, media proprietor, and founder of Boston Properties
118 docs118 co-mentions
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PersonThird child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
86 docs86 co-mentions
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PersonAmerican film producer and sex offender (born 1952)
85 docs85 co-mentions
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84 docs84 co-mentions
Roshan
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73 docs73 co-mentions
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PersonAmerican businesswoman, writer, TV personality (born 1941)
73 docs73 co-mentions
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69 docs69 co-mentions
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LocationUnincorporated territory of the United States of America
68 docs68 co-mentions
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65 docs65 co-mentions
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OrganizationDaily tabloid newspaper in New York City
64 docs64 co-mentions
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PersonAmerican lawyer, author, and art collector (born 1938)
61 docs61 co-mentions
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OrganizationAmerican investment company based in New York, New York USA (1923 - 2008)
61 docs61 co-mentions
DD
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PersonAdvertising executive; television personality, motivational writer
59 docs59 co-mentions
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55 docs55 co-mentions
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PersonBritish socialite and sex trafficker, daughter of Robert Maxwell, accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein
55 docs55 co-mentions
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PersonAmerican commodities trader (1934–2013)
54 docs54 co-mentions
LB
Leon Black
PersonAmerican billionaire businessman (born 1951)
52 docs52 co-mentions
Robert Maxwell
PersonCzechoslovak-born British media proprietor and Member of Parliament (1923-1991)
51 docs51 co-mentions