Bill Gates foundation met with Jeffrey Epstein about 30 times, external review finds
Staff ‘raised on multiple occasions’ risks of tech mogul’s philanthropic body associating with disgraced financier A new external review commissioned by the Gates Foundation has found that there were “roughly 30 meetings” between Jeffrey Epstein and...
A new external review commissioned by the Gates Foundation has found that foundation leaders and staff, including Bill Gates, met with Jeffrey Epstein roughly 30 times between 2011 and 2014, even after employees warned about the risks of associating with the disgraced financier because of his prior conviction.
The findings, reported in a monitored public feed from The Guardian Business, come after renewed scrutiny of Gates’s past ties to Epstein. According to the feed summary, the review was commissioned in March after the US Justice Department released millions of documents related to Epstein earlier this year. Those files reportedly included multiple references to Gates, several photographs of him and records showing that he met with Epstein on several occasions.
The review’s central conclusion is that the relationship between Epstein and the foundation was more extensive than previously apparent. It identified about 30 meetings involving Epstein and foundation leaders or staff over a three-year period. The summary also says foundation staff “raised on multiple occasions” concerns about the reputational and ethical risks of maintaining contact with Epstein because of his criminal history.
The external review adds to a broader reassessment of Epstein’s network and the institutions that interacted with him. For Gates, the new findings place renewed attention on his past association with Epstein, even as the foundation faced internal warnings during the period covered by the review.
The feed does not provide additional details on who conducted the review, what recommendations it included, or whether the foundation has announced any further steps in response. Based on the available information, the report focuses on the frequency of the meetings and the fact that concerns were raised internally while the contacts continued.
This article is based on a monitored public feed and attributes the reporting to The Guardian Business.
Source: The Guardian Business - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/21/bill-gates-foundation-jeffrey-epstein-review
