The Gates Foundation’s chief executive said he feels “sullied” by its association with Jeffrey Epstein, as he seeks to manage the fallout from the sex offender’s interactions with the philanthropic body and its chair Bill Gates.
Communications between foundation staff and Epstein over an abortive fundraising plan were “deeply unsettling and depressing” and “shouldn’t have happened”, Mark Suzman told employees.
His comments came in response to staff concerns about potential knock-on damage to the $86bn foundation from Gates’ involvement with Epstein for several years after the financier’s 2008 conviction for soliciting sex from a minor.
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