Theodore J. Forstmann, private-equity financier (Forstmann Little & Co.) and owner of the sports-and-modeling agency IMG; died November 2011. Jeffrey Epstein was reported to be in talks with Forstmann about acquiring IMG's modeling division, and Ghislaine Maxwell attended Forstmann's memorial service.
Key Findings
- Gossip item in Epstein's files: 'Epstein has been having talks with fellow billionaire Teddy Forstmann, who paid $750 million for the IMG group, about buying the company's modeling division' (named alongside Elite's Gerald Marie and 1 Management's Scott Lipps)
- Email from Ghislaine Maxwell ('GMAX') to Jeffrey Epstein (Nov 30, 2011): 'I am in NY, went to Teddy Forstmann mem service'
- Email in Epstein's files referencing 'your large Gulfstream purchase... it did not make you a friend of Teddy Forstmann, however, I thought you might know someone on the Board or in management'
- Multiple messages in the files asking 'What really happened to Teddy Forstmann?'
- EFTA01334058, a gossip item held in Jeffrey Epstein's files, immediately after describing his approaches to Jean-Luc Brunel, Elite's Gerald Marie and 1 Management's Scott Lipps: "Now we hear Epstein has been having talks with fellow billionaire Teddy Forstmann", identified as the buyer of the IMG group.
- EFTA01846439 (30 November 2011), Ghislaine Maxwell writing to Jeffrey Epstein from the GMAX account on a thread titled "island": she "went to Teddy Forstmann mem service" and was going on to Miami.
- EFTA01802857, a correspondent to Jeffrey Epstein recalling "your large Gulfstream purchase" and that "it did not make you a friend of Teddy Forstmann". EFTA01845976 (December 2011) has a correspondent ask "What really happened to Teddy Forstmann??" and receive the answer "mean person" and brain cancer.