Q has said Epstein was a puppet, used by others. At the moment the assumption is Maxwell was his controller but dig a little deeper and you will find that he was funded by one man, Les Wexner. I mean who buys one to the most expensive properties in New York and just 'gifts' it.

They always say follow the money. As an aside its interesting to note that some of his business operations have hit financial issues of late eg Victoria's secret. Make of that what you will.

Wexner had a close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein that began in the 1980s and continued until at least 2007.[19][20] He was the primary billionaire client of Epstein, a financier that claimed to only work with clients with a net worth of one billion USD. Epstein became Wexner's financial manager in 1987.[21] Wexner purchased the New York property, the Herbert N. Straus House, in 1989 and later transferred it to Epstein in the mid-1990s following his marriage to Abigail.[21] In July of 1991, Wexner granted Epstein power of attorney[22] and also instated him as a trustee on the board of the Wexner Foundation.

And here are is a group he helped found

*In 1991, Wexner formed with billionaire Charles Bronfman *the Study Group, which is more widely known as the Mega Group.[31] The group was a loosely organized club of some of the country's wealthiest and most influential businessmen who were concerned with Jewish issues. Max Fischer, Michael Steinhardt, Leonard Abramson, Edgar Bronfman, and Laurence Tisch were some of the members. The group would meet twice a year for two days of seminars related to the topic of philanthropy and Jewishness. In 1998, Steven Spielberg spoke about his personal religious journey, and later the group discussed Jewish summer camps.[32] The group, which Wexner co-chaired with Charles Bronfman, went on to inspire a number of philanthropic initiatives such as the Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education, Birthright Israel, and the upgrading of national Hillel.[