Jeffrey Epstein

Who is Jeffrey Epstein?

Jeffrey Edward Epstein is an American financier and science and education philanthropist. He worked at Bear Stearns early in his career and subsequently formed his own firm.

Epstein is known for funding eminent scientists around the world, some of whom have won the Nobel Prize; much of this research is geared towards discovering new medical treatments. He is responsible for founding The Program for Evolutionary Dynamics at Harvard University, one of the first academic departments to study the mathematics of evolution.

In 2008 he was convicted of soliciting an underage girl for prostitution.