EPISODE · Apr 17, 2026 · 42 MIN
Flings of Leon Black
from The Epstein Files Book Club · host Elise Hu and Jena Friedman
After multi-billionaire Les Wexner cut him off, multi-billionaire Leon Black became pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s primary source of income from 2012 and on. In this episode, William Cohan — who is writing the book on Leon Black and his firm, Apollo Global Management — explains what Black was keeping Epstein around for, and all the fallout that ensued. Mentioned in this Episode Puck: Leon Black Discusses Jeffrey Epstein The New York Times: How Epstein Helped Solve a Billionaire’s Problems with Women Report on Apollo’s Outside Review of the Epstein-Black Relationship Bloomberg: Nobody Makes Money Like Apollo’s Ruthless Founder Leon Black FT: Leon Black’s Downfall Confounds the Legacy of MeToo on Wall Street Puck: Leon Black from the Ashes, Part II Puck: Leon Black Breaks His Silence on Jeffrey Epstein, Again Mother Jones: Leon Black’s No Good, Very Bad Year (covers Guzel Ganieva) The Guardian on Wigdor LLC's suit against Leon Black NYT: Jeffrey Epstein’s Angry Emails to Leon Black Join our Patreon community at Patreon.com/EpsteinFilesBookclub Email us anytime at eliseandjena [at] gmail dot com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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