The Big Take
One of Dubai’s Most Powerful Executives Discussed Sex, Business With Epstein
Emails show Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem corresponded with the disgraced financier for more than a decade after Epstein was first jailed in 2008 for procuring a minor for prostitution
Among the elite businessmen and politicians who carried on friendly, crude and sometimes disturbing correspondence with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, few kept up their exchanges as long as Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem.
The chairman and chief executive officer of logistics giant DP World — one of Dubai’s most powerful executives — swapped messages with the convicted pedophile before and for more than a decade after Epstein’s jail sentence in 2008 on charges that included procuring a minor for prostitution.