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Craig Venter, the renowned biotechnologist who led the first draft sequencing of the human genome, appears in the Epstein documents primarily through his involvement with the Edge Foundation—an exclusive intellectual salon that Epstein helped fund and where both men participated in elite gatherings with tech billionaires and leading scientists.
Venter appears most frequently in Edge Foundation materials, including guest lists for the exclusive 'Billionaires' Dinners' where he mixed with figures like Larry Page, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg. He's listed on invitation rosters for Edge's annual questions and symposia, and is mentioned in correspondence about scientific conferences. One document references him dining with Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page in 2005, prior to a Billionaires' Dinner. The documents also reference discussions about Venter's laboratory buildings and his work on biofuels with Exxon. Many mentions appear in mass email lists and automated newsletters distributed through the Edge network.
Key Highlights
- •Attended Edge Foundation 'Billionaires' Dinners' alongside tech elite and other scientists, events that Epstein helped organize and fund
- •Listed among 660 members of the Edge salon, a network where Epstein was a key financial backer and participant
- •Appears in a 2005 dinner record with Google founders Brin and Page, suggesting participation in Epstein's circle of tech and science elites
- •No evidence in the documents of direct personal correspondence with Epstein or flight logs—connection appears limited to shared participation in Edge Foundation events
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WWW Conf Program.pdf
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Sep 5, 2012Source: House Oversight Committee
ce showing and discussing models of buildings that he has not built, or variations of for instance the 8 Spruce Street tower in New York or hopefully Craig Venter’s laboratories in a walk-through, E.O. Wilson’s offices, etc. etc. 13 So this is a request for the following: please start thinking about the stuff tha
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
Larry Page, Sean Parker, Jean Pigozzi, Nick Pritzker, Miuccia Prada, Eric Schmidt, Jacqui Safra, Ricardo Salinas Pilego, Charles Simonyi, Jeff Skoll, Craig Venter, Jimmy Wales, Evan Williams, Mark Zuckerberg >> >> Re: The EDGE Annual Question 2012 - Invitation to participate SS >> In the summer of 2009, in
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Oct 22, 2012Source: House Oversight Committee
could have discussed: continued growth of global hydropower, politics around the Keystone XL pipeline, the apparent end of Exxon’s collaboration with Craig Venter to develop fuels from genetically modified algae, and the EU’s decision to deemphasize crop- based biofuels due to concerns about greater carbon emis
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Microsoft Word - Another Don Quixote Thanksgiving.docx
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Nov 21, 2011Source: House Oversight Committee
e energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years. This goal is achievable, affordable and transformative." Al Gore • 2009. Gene scientist Craig Venter announces plans to develop next-generation biofuels from algae in a partnership with Exxon Mobil How have things turned out? There are no commercial
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tp://www.edge.org/documents/dinners/dinner_index.html 3/13/2006 EFTA00261223 Edge: THE EDGE DINNER: 1998 - 2006 Page 2 of 12 February 22. 2005 Craig Venter, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, JB (Prior to The Billionaires' Dinner - 2005) 2003 February 27, 2003 Sergey Brin - Google Ronna Tanenbaum - Alexa Mac
EFTA00314893.pdf
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owned scientists, intellectuals, and writers including Steven Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Freeman Dyson, Noam Chomsky, Steven Pinker, Wendy Freedman, Craig Venter, Ian McEwan, Neal Stephenson, Svante Paabo, Werner Herzog, and Cormac McCarthy, as well as Nobel Laureates including Steven Weinberg, David Gross,
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EFTA00320140.pdf
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tt, Freeman Dyson, Peter Galison, Neil Gershenfeld, Virginia Heffeman, W. Daniel Hillis, Joi Ito, David Kaiser, Azra Raza, Jaan Tallin, Max Tegmark, Craig Venter, Frank Wilczek Dear xxxx With the end of summer, I am getting to work on the proposed volume in which I am inviting a stellar group of thinkers t
EFTA00320136.pdf
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tt, Freeman Dyson, Peter Galison, Neil Gershenfeld, Virginia Heffeman, W. Daniel Hillis, Joi Ito, David Kaiser, Azra Raza, Jaan Tallin, Max Tegmark, Craig Venter, Frank Wilczek Dear xxxx With the end of summer, I am getting to work on the proposed volume in which I am inviting a stellar group of thinkers t
EFTA00607424.pdf
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As of now, the roll call of current and deceased members of the Edge salon runs to 660. They include many of the usual suspects (Richard Dawkins, Craig Venter and Stewart Brand, for example). It's a predominately male crowd, with women accounting for only 16.5% of the members - which is probably a refle
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EFTA00626270.pdf
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tunity Saturday, February 7, 2015, 7:00 pm. Speakers tentatively scheduled include Diane Ackerman, Michael Crow, Svante Paabo, Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Craig Venter, will participate in a public EFTA00626270 discussion of extinctions throughout history: from biological systems to modern technology. ASU Gammag
EFTA00694711.pdf
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n Vilamur Ramachandran Lisa Randall Frances Arnold Jesse Dylan Larry Page Elon Musk Stephen Wolfram Steve Juvertson *Pablo Ho Jaron Lanier Craig Venter paul Kirkaas Yossi Vardi EFTA00694711 *Eric Mjolsness *Mike Douglas Dean Kamen *Shelly Glashow *Derrick Ashong James Cameron *Ronald Crowl
EFTA00694716.pdf
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n Vilamur Ramachandran Lisa Randall Frances Arnold Jesse Dylan Larry Page Elon Musk Stephen Wolfram Steve Juvertson *Pablo Ho Jaron Lanier Craig Venter paul Kirkaas Yossi Vardi EFTA00694716 *Eric Mjolsness *Mike Douglas Dean Kamen *Shelly Glashow *Derrick Ashong James Cameron *Ronald Crowl
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EFTA00694714.pdf
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n Vilamur Ramachandran Lisa Randall Frances Arnold Jesse Dylan Larry Page Elon Musk Stephen Wolfram Steve Juvertson *Pablo Ho Jaron Lanier Craig Venter paul Kirkaas Yossi Vardi *Eric Mjolsness *Mike Douglas Dean Kamen *Shelly Glashow *Derrick Ashong James Cameron EFTA00694714 *Ronald Crowl
EFTA00701362.pdf
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Manhattan Institute. Juan Enriquez — CEO, Biotechonomy. Founding Director of the Life Sciences Project, Harvard Business School. Boards: Cabot Corp, Craig Venter Institute. Fmr CEO, Mexico City's Urban Development Corporation. Jeff Epstein — fmr CFO, Oracle. Fmr CFO, DoubleClick. Fmr CFO, King World Producti
EFTA00757588.pdf
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From: Cecile de Jongh < To: J E <[email protected]> Subject: Fwd: Guest list Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:02:57 +0000 Plus one more...Craig Venter. Warm regards, Cecile Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Lawrence Krauss Date: September 9, 2010 8:46:25 PM EDT To: Cecile de J
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EFTA00774159.pdf
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chandran Lisa Randall Frances Arnold Jesse Dylan Larry Page Elon Musk Stephen Wolfram EFTA00774160 Steve Juvertson *Pablo Ho Jaron Lanier Craig Venter paul Kirkaas Yossi Vardi *Eric Mjolsness *Mike Douglas Dean Kamen *Shelly Glashow *Derrick Ashong James Cameron *Ronald Crowley *Jeffrey Le
EFTA00774150.pdf
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teve Juvertson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jurvetson Pablo Ho: unable to locate Jaron Lanier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaron_Lanier Craig Venter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Venter EFTA00774150 paul Kirkaas: Insufficient info online Yossi Vardi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yossi
EFTA00774751.pdf
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n Vilamur Ramachandran Lisa Randall Frances Arnold Jesse Dylan Larry Page Elon Musk Stephen Wolfram Steve Juvertson *Pablo Ho Jaron Lanier Craig Venter paul Kirkaas Yossi Vardi *Eric Mjolsness *Mike Douglas Dean Kamen *Shelly Glashow *Derrick Ashong James Cameron *Ronald Crowley *Jeffrey Le
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EFTA00820489.pdf
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tt, Freeman Dyson, Peter Galison, Neil Gershenfeld, Virginia Heffeman, W. Daniel Hillis, Joi Ito, David Kaiser, Azra Raza, Jaan Tallin, Max Tegmark, Craig Venter, Frank Wilczek Dear xxxx With the end of summer, I am getting to work on the proposed volume in which I am inviting a stellar group of thinkers t
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
Manhattan Institute. Juan Enriquez — CEO, Biotechonomy. Founding Director of the Life Sciences Project, Harvard Business School. Boards: Cabot Corp, Craig Venter Institute. Fmr CEO, Mexico City ‘s Urban Development Corporation. Jeff Epstein — fmr CFO, Oracle. Fmr CFO, DoubleClick. Fmr CFO, King World Productio
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