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Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery COLUMNS THE IMPERIAL CITY Harper's After Lewis Lapham By Kurt Andersen The chronicler of the American twilight is going into semi-retirement. Will Harper’s magazine become less of a lefty echo chamber? THE CITY POLITIC The Speech Hillary Won't Give About 2008 By Chris Smith Finally, Hillary Clinton, the most careful of politicians, says what she really thinks. httip.Agew yorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/peopsdnsd g 2/ open bids for it. Soros. Wasserstein. Kravis. Weill. The Sturm und Drang of their successes and failures has been played out in public. Epstein breaks the mold. Most everyone on the Street has heard of him, but nobody seems to know what the hell he is up to. Which is just the way he likes it. Everything Guide to Pearls "My belief is that Jeff maintains some sort of money-management firm, though you won't get a straight answer from him," says one well-known investor. “He once told me he had 300 people working for him, and I've also heard that he manages Rockefeller money. But one never knows. It's like looking at the Wizard of Oz -- there may be less there than meets the eye." Says another prominent Wall Streeter: "He is this mysterious, Gatsbyesque figure. He likes people to think that he is very rich, and he cultivates this air of aloofness. The whole thing is weird." The wizard that meets the eye is spare and fit; with a long jaw and a carefully coiffed head of silver hair, he looks like a taller, younger Ralph Lauren. A raspy Brooklyn accent betrays his Coney Island origins. He spends an hour and fifteen minutes every day doing advanced yoga with his personal instructor, who travels with him wherever he goes. He is an enthusiastic member of the Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations. He dresses casually -- jeans, open-necked shirts, and sneakers -- and is rarely seen in a tie. Indeed, those close to him say the reason he quit his board seat at the Rockefeller Institute was that he hated wearing a suit. "It feels like a dress," he told one friend. Epstein likes to tell people that he's a loner, a man who's never touched alcohol or drugs, and one whose nightlife is far from energetic. And yet if you talk to Donald Trump, a different Epstein emerges. "I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy," Trump booms from a speakerphone. “He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as | do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it -- Jeffrey enjoys his social life." But beautiful women are only a part of it. Because here's the thing about Epstein: As some collect butterflies, he collects beautiful minds. "I invest in people -- be it politics or science. It's what | do," he has said to friends. And his latest prize addition is the former president. In his eyes, Clinton as a Page 2 of 4 AC Mil Floré Florist The ( Vogue Ap www.mi Adve Public Records Request No.: thal 2005 DOJ-OGR-00032089