Individual Profile — Bill Gates

Source: Epstein World Pulse — Master Index. All claims are from internet research as of February 2026. DOJ file evidence cross-referenced 2026-02-26.

Who They Are

Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft and one of the world's wealthiest individuals. He is a major global philanthropist through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He and Melinda Gates divorced in 2021; reporting suggested Melinda Gates was disturbed by Bill's relationship with Epstein as a factor in her decision to divorce.

Connection to Epstein — Overview

Two disputed emails from July 2013, apparently written as if drafted by Epstein, appear to allege that Gates had sex with "Russian girls" and reference procuring medicine for related consequences. The authenticity of these emails is disputed. Epstein separately attempted to use Gates's name to rehabilitate his public image post-conviction. Joi Ito brokered meetings between Epstein and Gates at MIT. Their connection attracted scrutiny particularly after the Gates divorce.

Documented Contact (Internet Research, Feb 2026)

Two emails from July 2013 — written as though drafted by Epstein — appear to allege Gates had sex with "Russian girls" and reference procuring medicine for consequences related to that.
The authenticity of these emails is disputed; it is unclear whether they are genuine or were ever sent.
Epstein attempted to use Gates's name to rehabilitate his public image following his 2008 conviction.
Joi Ito (former MIT Media Lab Director) brokered meetings between Epstein and Gates, including at MIT.
Melinda Gates reportedly cited her husband's relationship with Epstein as a factor in her decision to proceed with the divorce.

Allegations and Claims

The disputed emails suggest a possible sexual relationship with trafficked individuals, though their authenticity cannot be established from the source material.
No direct victim has publicly named Gates.
The emails may have been written by Epstein as a leverage tool rather than reflecting fact.

This Individual's Response

Gates: "These claims — from a proven, disgruntled liar — are absolutely absurd and completely false."
Melinda Gates: "I'm able to take my own sadness and look at those young girls and say, my God, how did that happen to those girls?" — suggesting awareness of and distress about Epstein's victims without specifically confirming the email allegations.

Legal and Professional Consequences

No charges or formal investigations related to the Epstein case have been publicly announced against Gates.

Key Claims for DOJ Evidence Cross-Reference

Claim A: Two emails from July 2013, apparently written as if drafted by Epstein, allege Gates had sex with "Russian girls" and reference procuring medicine; authenticity is disputed.
Claim B: Epstein attempted to use Gates's name to rehabilitate his post-conviction public image.
Claim C: Joi Ito brokered meetings between Epstein and Gates at MIT.
Claim D: Melinda Gates cited Bill's relationship with Epstein as a factor in the divorce decision (per contemporaneous reporting).

DOJ File Evidence

Claim A — Epstein emails about Gates and "Russian girls" (disputed, July 2013)

Verdict: SUPPORTS (blackmail/leverage aspect confirmed; specific "Russian girls" language derives from reported email content, not directly from DOJ primary texts)

The DOJ corpus contains multiple actual emails between Epstein and Gates in 2013, confirming active communication during this period, but the specific "Russian girls" email text is not directly recovered:

EFTA01659523 (DailyWire, May 21, 2023 — reporting WSJ investigation): Confirms that Epstein learned of Gates's affair with Russian bridge player Mila (who was in her 20s when they met in 2010). Epstein met Mila in 2013 and paid for her to attend software coding school. After she graduated, Epstein sent Gates an email implying he could expose the affair if Gates cut ties — effectively a blackmail instrument. Gates did not pay and cut off contact. Gates's spokesperson stated: "Having failed repeatedly to draw Mr. Gates beyond [philanthropic] matters, Epstein tried unsuccessfully to leverage a past relationship to threaten Mr. Gates."
EFTA01966264 (Epstein → Gates, Aug 1, 2013, 2:50 AM): "boris is getting more and more fragile" — cryptic one-line email; "boris" refers to Boris Nikolic, Gates's science advisor, who appears regularly in the Epstein-Gates correspondence. Confirms ongoing communication but content is opaque.
EFTA01948539 (Epstein → Gates, Nov 23, 2013): "time to meet or speak? I would like to update you on DAF and some things not for email" — "DAF" = Donor-Advised Fund (the JPMorgan charitable fund scheme). Confirms Epstein actively pursuing Gates even after the blackmail attempt.
EFTA02577700 (Epstein → Gates, Nov 9, 2013): Subject "Re: Photo from Nov 6, 2013" — email body is heavily redacted (represented as asterisks in the DOJ text). Confirms the email exchange existed but content is withheld.
EFTA00264301 (Wikipedia-style article on Bill Gates): Confirms Gates visited Epstein "many times, despite his past" and "took at least one flight in 2013 in Epstein's infamous Lolita Express aircraft." Gates in 2021: "It was a huge mistake to spend time with him, to give him the credibility of being there."

The DOJ corpus thus confirms: direct email communication between Epstein and Gates in 2013; Epstein's possession of leverage regarding Gates's affair with a Russian woman; and Epstein's attempt to exploit that leverage. The KB document's framing of "two emails from July 2013 … alleging Gates had sex with Russian girls" appears to reference the blackmail-related correspondence reported by WSJ, which is corroborated by EFTA01659523. The original email texts themselves, if present in the corpus, appear to be among the redacted documents.

Claim B — Epstein used Gates's name to rehabilitate post-conviction public image

Verdict: SUPPORTS

The DOJ corpus contains direct evidence of Epstein's scheme to leverage the Gates Foundation for image rehabilitation:

EFTA01659523 (DailyWire/WSJ): Confirms Gates "declined to join a multibillion-dollar charitable fund that [Epstein] was trying to create with JPMorgan Chase that would have paid Epstein millions of dollars in fees and would help to rehabilitate his image after he pled guilty to soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution in 2008."
EFTA02814735 (Court filing — USVI v. JPMorgan, Case 1:22-cv-10904): Confirms from JPMorgan's own legal admissions that "Epstein and JPMorgan personnel discussed a potential donor advised fund relating to The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Bill Gates." Epstein's Feb 6, 2011 email to JPMorgan's Staley proposed a fund tied to Gates: "you could tie it initially just to the gates program… minimum gift. 100 million. it could then be opend up later. It will be the largest foundation in the world… done right its 100 billion dollars in 2 years."
EFTA02815349 (USVI v. JPMorgan, related): Confirms JPMorgan admits Epstein and its personnel discussed this Gates Foundation donor-advised fund scheme.
EFTA01948539 (Epstein → Gates, Nov 23, 2013): Epstein requesting a meeting to update Gates "on DAF" — further evidence he continued lobbying Gates for the fund even after Gates had reportedly declined.

Claim C — Joi Ito brokered meetings between Epstein and Gates at MIT

Verdict: INCONCLUSIVE (Epstein-Ito MIT connection confirmed; Gates-brokering not directly evidenced in corpus)

The DOJ corpus confirms a substantial, documented relationship between Epstein and Joi Ito at MIT, but does not directly confirm Ito brokering Gates-Epstein meetings specifically at MIT:

EFTA00587633 (Draft letter, Nov 3, 2015 — Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation to Joi Ito, MIT Media Lab): A draft gift letter from Epstein's Foundation to Joi Ito offering $100,000 for Professor Neri Oxman's research, requesting strict anonymity: "The Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation wishes to remain strictly anonymous with this gift." This confirms the Epstein-Ito financial relationship and the deliberate concealment of Epstein's involvement at MIT.
EFTA00319058 (Email chain, Sept 14–15, 2016): Epstein's assistant emailing Joi Ito's assistant (Mika Tanaka) to invite Ito to meet Epstein at Martin Nowak's institute (1 Brattle Square, Cambridge): "Jeffrey will be at Martin's institute this Sat. Sept. 17th…might you be available to come by?" Confirms Epstein and Ito's assistants coordinated their movements in the Cambridge/MIT orbit.

Neither document specifically names Gates as the subject of meetings Ito arranged. The claim that Ito brokered Gates-Epstein meetings comes from external reporting (New Yorker and related journalism) that is not directly represented in the DOJ corpus texts found. The DOJ evidence establishes the Epstein-Ito connection strongly, but the specific Gates-brokering dimension remains unconfirmed by DOJ documents.

Claim D — Melinda Gates cited Epstein as factor in divorce

Verdict: INCONCLUSIVE (Epstein-divorce connection reported but Melinda's direct statement not found)

The DOJ corpus corroborates that the Epstein relationship featured prominently in coverage of the Gates divorce, but does not directly capture Melinda Gates specifically citing it as a cause:

EFTA00264301 (Wikipedia-style article on Bill Gates): States that "Coverage of [the 2021 divorce] proceeding brought out information about romantic pursuits of women who worked for him, a long-term extra-marital affair, and a friendship with convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. This resulted in some deterioration of his public image." This confirms the Epstein-divorce linkage in public discourse but frames it as press coverage, not a specific statement by Melinda.
The WSJ/DailyWire reporting in EFTA01659523 notes the Gates-Mila affair as the leverage point in Epstein's blackmail — providing the underlying detail that would have disturbed Melinda Gates about the Epstein relationship.

The claim as stated in internet research (that Melinda cited Epstein as a divorce factor) is plausible given the corpus evidence, but Melinda's own words on this point are not found in the DOJ files reviewed.