Okay, now that truly is obscene wealth.

He should be embarrassed to admit that publicly.

Can't wait for the investigation of Zorro Ranch

Another CEO duped by Epstein.

He also never reported the theft/embezzlement by Epstein?

I could use a few million dollars, what's his phone number?

money to charity instead of giving it to Trump and Epstein, he could have helped a lot of people - and gotten a legitimate deduction.

May he join Trump and Epstein in hell.

....we don't care about your money fuckface

We care about the poor victims that you may have harmed physically or did harm through financing.

for "financial advice" when he himself is a financial expert. They were just talking about this on Stephanie Rhule's show. Why would he pay a lot of money to anyone for financial advice?

Between rape syndicates and management fees, I guess the 1% have very different problems. Seems like a nasty crowd, too, regardless of the entertainment they provide to us all.

I think I'd take my problems any day over having to deal with these folks to stay rich.

(My cat's fine BTW, she is just sweet and old)

The CEO of a global financial management firm didn't know the tax implications of financial management fees?

This is a worse excuse than Bill Gates'. What's next: my dog made me give money to Epstein?

He is lying.

https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2026-06-26/billionaire-investor-leon-black-is-set-to-testify-to-congress-about-158m-in-payments-to-epstein

n/t because duh

He's a biter, apparently. Some allegations previously released from the Epstein files that the current coverage does not mention:

https://culture.org/art-and-culture/art/epstein-files-allegations-leon-black/]

That's something I wouldn't know, but then I'm not the CEO of a $70 billion company that manages over $900 billion in assets.
He may not have known exactly what Epstein did, but that's probably because he deliberately closed his eyes to Epstein's activities. As long as his business was doing well, there wasn't any need to look too deeply into things that would have upset the apple cart.

As if Leon didn't have the best tax accountants and tax lawyers at his beck and call. No, he would rather rely on tax advice from someone who is not an accountant, not a tax lawyer, not someone registered with the IRS in any manner (except possibly as someone who was involved in tax evasion schemes) and not someone nationally recognized as a tax expert. Total fucking bullshit. If that is Mr. Black's story, he should be able to show all the communications, memorandums, worksheets, proposals, and tax filings implementing Epstein's tax advice, including all communications, etc. with real tax professionals explaining why Epstein's tax advice was nonsensical.

Show your proof Leon. And don't say the dog ate your homework. Hedge fund folks keep all their tax and related paperwork forever because they know they might/should be audited by the IRS.

everything that has already been released.

refusing to answer questions. It is being reported that the committee actually had to produce subpoenas mid hearing to get him to answer questions. And he refused and ran out like the chickenshit he is.

Money man Leon Black refuses to cooperate, abruptly leaves Congressional hearing

The House Oversight Committee took the unusual step yesterday of issuing subpoenas mid-hearing to force an uncooperative witness — Jeffrey Epstein’s former client Leon Black — to answer questions about secret out-of-court legal settlements he may have made with young women.

Black, who has denied any wrongdoing and insists he didn’t know about Epstein’s crimes, abruptly left the hearing after the Committee’s chairman, Rep. James Comer, issued the subpoenas during the closed-door meeting on Friday.

Black’s quick exit has to make one wonder just how many young women he made settlements with, especially since he also paid Epstein over $170 million for what his lawyer called “tax and estate planning services” — and in 2023, he also paid $62.5 million to the U.S. Virgin Islands over his ties to Epstein, who owned an island where Epstein sexually abused an untold number of victims.

Black did not admit any wrongdoing as part of the USVI settlement, but it raises questions about why he would pay such a sum if he had nothing to hide.

https://substack.com/home/post/p-203573870

He’s dirty dirty dirty

Apollo Global Management shares deep ties with the Trump administration through high-level personnel appointments, policy influence, and strategic investments.
Key intersections between the alternative asset manager and the administration include:

• Cabinet and Agency Appointments: President Trump appointed Apollo Board Chair Jay Clayton as the top federal prosecutor for Manhattan. Additionally, Trump nominated Ben Black—son of Apollo co-founder Leon Black and a former Apollo associate—as CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC).
• Treasury Consideration: Apollo CEO Marc Rowan was extensively interviewed by President Trump for the position of Treasury Secretary.
• Higher Education Policy: Rowan emerged as a central figure shaping the Trump administration's "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education," leading pressure campaigns to overhaul university administration and combat antisemitism and pro-Palestinian activism on campuses.
• Financial Alignments: Apollo has expressed strong optimism regarding the administration's market-friendly, deregulatory stance, and showed interest in acquiring debt tied to Elon Musk’s acquisition of the social media platform X.

that the 60 million was blackmail money. Who are we kidding?