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Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein

Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein

TrueHoop’s investigation into Epstein keeps tripping into Gates

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May 05, 2021
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BY HENRY ABBOTT

Bill Gates is in the news because earlier this week, after 27 years of marriage, his wife Melinda filed for divorce.

The news got all kinds of people talking about Bill Gates. To my surprise, his name has popped up again and again in TrueHoop’s ongoing investigation of Epstein’s ties to Apollo Global and the NBA. Rooted in Drexel Burnham Lambert, Apollo has become the NBA’s most important source of cash. 

Of particular interest: Epstein and Gates both have had ties to the current leaders of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

A timeline:

1986

Microsoft’s IPO made Bill Gates one of the richest Americans. One of the main banks with which he did this is Alex. Brown, whose then head was A.B. “Buzzy” Krongard. Buzzy later became an executive at the CIA, and is now on the board of Apollo Global, "which is undergoing profound change following the revelation of its founder's relationship with sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein."

1993

A Seattle Times story describes the convicted…

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