American financier and child sex offender (1953–2019) Jeffrey Edward Epstein was an American financier and child sex offender. He began his career as a math teacher at the Dalton School in New York City, before entering the banking and finance sector. Over several decades, he made much of his fortune providing tax and estate services to billionaires, and cultivated an elite social circle of prominent individuals. In 2008, he was convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution, and was indicted in 2019 for sex trafficking minors in the 2000s. He died in custody awaiting his trial and his death was ruled a suicide. Wikipedia's most-read article for 6 days in a row: 5,659,180 views in all, peaking at 1,072,415 on February 5, 2026. Mon, Feb 2: 875,619 views Tue, Feb 3: 1,030,479 views Wed, Feb 4: 1,043,226 views Thu, Feb 5: 1,072,415 views Fri, Feb 6: 893,281 views Sat, Feb 7: 744,160 views Wiki link