Who we’re looking for who: Is rich (at least $100 mil) Is implausibly rich considering his skills and career history Is very well connected among the rich Nobody wants to be publicly photographed with (Re: The mistakes they made with Epstein) Definitely has a private jet Lives close to were rich people tend to gather (New Zealand?) Keeps a low profile If we’re going to find this guy, the first thing we need to do is figure out where all the world’s billionaires are hanging out.

Epstein didn’t keep a low profile. He was everywhere, taking pictures and glad-handing other plutocrats and showing up at events. Like, if anyone is on your short list, I would think it would be Elon Musk. Musk’s initial gambit was throwing a bunch of keggers at Stanford to make friends with the prior generation’s Silicon Valley failkids. That’s how he met Thiel and got into Paypal, made his first billion, and became an ahem Angel Investor for all sorts of glamour projects.