Posted on Nov 25, 2025 / Celebs

Epstein grew up in Brooklyn, New York in a middle-class Jewish family. He attended Lafayette High School and later worked as a math and physics teacher despite not holding a college degree. In the late 1970s he moved into finance and was hired by Bear Stearns, eventually working his way into the world of private wealth. People who knew him noted he was ambitious and socially strategic. His early networking laid the foundation for his later rise. Even then, he liked projecting the image of someone important.
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