eaglesnut
Well-Known Member
Harris could tie Leon Black to Epstein because he's involved.What you wrote about his business partners at Apollo is all true but I’ve never seen anyone accuse Harris of Epstein ties etc. In fact Leon Black accused Harris of secretly being behind the campaign linking Black to Epstein, saying he did it to force him out of Apollo. Harris and Black did have beef because Harris wanted Black to retire so he could take over and Black engineered someone else to succeed him, which led Harris to also leave Apollo.
This was all covered closely in the business press as a “Wall Street soap opera.”
Bottom line: Yes these are all rough customers but you don’t become a billionaire in private equity without being a pretty ruthless character.