Jeffrey Epstein’s $559 million worth of assets, itemized

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It looks like convicted sex offender and “billionaire” financier Jeffrey E. Epstein is not a billionaire after all.

A court document published on Monday puts his total assets at $559.12 million, well short of $1 billion.

According to the document, he has $194.9 million in hedge fund and private equity investments, $112.7 million in stocks, and $14.3 million in fixed income.

In terms of real estate, Epstein owns a palatial home on Manhattan's Upper East Side valued at $55.9 million, a Palm Beach mansion worth $12.38 million, a ranch in New Mexico worth $17.25 million, and a private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands called Little St. James assessed at $63.87 million.

There's no mention of his private jet.

Here's a summary of Jeffrey Epstein's assets, according to court documents.
Here's a summary of Jeffrey Epstein's assets, according to court documents.

Until his arrest earlier this month on charges that he "exploited and abused" dozens of underage girls, Epstein maintained a lavish lifestyle with his fleet of aircraft and luxury cars, mansions, and his own private island.

In arguing against Epstein securing bail, federal prosecutors pointed out that he’s "extravagantly wealthy" and worth more than $500 million.

They also accused Epstein of paying off potential witnesses. Last year, around the time Miami Herald began publishing articles as part of an investigative series into Epstein’s alleged abuse of underage girls, prosectors say he wired $100,000 from a trust account to a possible co-conspirator. A few days later, he wired $250,000 from the same trust to another possible co-conspirator, prosecutors said on Friday.

"Neither of these payments appears to be recurring or repeating during the approximately five years of bank records presently available to the Government. This course of action, and in particular its timing, suggests the defendant was attempting to further influence co-conspirators who might provide information against him in light of the recently re-emerging allegations," U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman wrote in a memo.

Still, the source of Epstein’s wealth remains a mystery.

A two-time college dropout from a working-class family in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn, the story is that Epstein rose to the top of the hedge fund world by only managing the assets of clients with a net-worth of $1 billion or more. However, Yahoo Finance spoke to several people in the hedge fund space who had never run into Epstein or any of his trades. What’s more, there are also no regulatory filings, such as 13Fs, tied to his purported hedge fund firm. He’s never spoken at any of the major hedge fund industry events, either.

The only known client of Epstein’s is billionaire Leslie H. Wexner, the founder of L Brands (LB), the parent company of lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret. Wexner is said to have severed ties with Epstein over a decade ago, according to the Wall Street Journal.