The Epstein Files: Epstein Was a Fixer for Leon Black

Posted on 02/18/2026
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The Justice Department’s largest release yet of the Epstein files shows that Jeffrey Epstein was Leon Black’s stealthy do-it-all fixer. Beyond mere estate planning, the convicted sex offender arranged family portraits, helped the billionaire co-founder of Apollo Global Management leverage up a vast art collection, dug into his investment in the storied publishing house Phaidon and obscured some of his most sensitive secrets. Bloomberg News Finance Reporter Max Abelson joins Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss. He speaks with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec.

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