DOJ-released emails: Jeffrey Epstein helped Ian Osborne, founder of London-based fund Hedosophia, after Osborne's outreach to help Epstein fix his image in 2011
Convicted sex offender helped establish tech fund Hedosophia after Osborne offered to help clean up Epstein's image
@AutismCapital I can't believe everyone is missing that a (at the time) 29 year old Ian Osborne is emailing Epstein this please all I want is one actual deep dive on how Hedosophia started and how he got to throwing parties at Davos with Benioff or running SPACs with Chamath
#epsteinfiles #burda https://www.ft.com/... #hubertburda The DoJ emails indicate that Epstein acted as a guiding hand for Osborne as he attempted to get his fund off the ground. The disgraced financier, born in 1953, originally wanted to call Hedosophia “Partnership 53”,
@ryangrim Speaking of another David. It looks like David Geffen went to the Island per Ian Osborne (Hedosophia initial Uber/Spotify/ Alibaba venture fund) if you want a big Fintech story Ryan I'd look into that. [image]
How Epstein propelled investment career of UK power broker Ian Osborne, a onetime PR man and adviser to David Cameron — Epstein guided him in setting up Hedosophia (now one of UK's most important start-up backers) — and even appointed him to one of his own investment vehicles…
Documents released by the US Department of Justice show that Epstein helped Ian Osborne establish Hedosophia, one of London's most secretive technology funds that has backed US companies Uber and Spotify, as well as fintechs including Wise and Ant Group. — www.ft.com/content/8b…