Enterprise offers, stunning ladies, actual property and rub-downs: these buddies had loads of frequent pursuits.
Among the many high-profile energy gamers and politicos in Jeffrey Epstein’s net of affect, one frequent correspondent and confidante was Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, in accordance with the information launched by the Justice Division.
He’s an Emirati billionaire businessman and the CEO of DP World, an enormous international provide chain and logistics firm.
Bin Sulayem is now one in all many individuals worldwide underneath renewed scrutiny for his or her Epstein ties. His was amongst six names learn out on the Home ground Tuesday by Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, one of many authors of the Epstein Information Transparency Act, who has criticized the DOJ and Trump administration for what he and others have considered a scarcity of transparency on the subject of the Epstein information saga.
ABC Information contacted representatives at DP World in search of remark from Bin Sulayem, however obtained no response.
Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Chairman and Chief Government Officer of DP World addresses the gathering on the primary day of the three-day B20 Summit in New Delhi on August 25, 2023. (Photograph by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP through Getty Photographs)
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For years, earlier than and after Epstein turned a convicted intercourse offender, Bin Sulayem and the notorious financier saved up a free-flowing trade of emails and concepts, in accordance with the information. Their conversations ran the gamut from workshopping monetary proposals to score sexual conquests; from recommending well-connected contacts on the world stage to recommending a sure form of therapeutic massage.
Their notes typically discovered each other in several time zones — and sometimes with the thought of assembly up, whether or not in some mutual metropolis or one in all Epstein’s luxurious properties.
In late August and September 2005, the pair appeared to debate scheduling time collectively first in New York, then on to Epstein’s island, Little St. James, within the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Paperwork that have been included within the U.S. Division of Justice launch of the Jeffrey Epstein information are photographed Friday, Jan. 2, 2026.
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“Are you going to the Clinton Discussion board? I see that the Secretary Basic is scheduled to attend. In that case, we will go to my island after the discussion board. Name me so we will talk about the small print,” Epstein stated. Bin Sulayem replied that his conferences have been “versatile” and may very well be rearranged round Epstein’s.
In a while within the trade, Epstein wished to know from Bin Sulayem “what time you want to your therapeutic massage at this time in ny.”
Different instances, the pair have been celebrating their successes. In a single Oct. 2011 observe, Bin Sulayem despatched Epstein a glowing write-up of his current speech saying their London Gateway website.
“Im happy with you..” Epstein answered. They then mentioned assembly up in Bodrum for “the spa.”
Typically Bin Sulayem would search Epstein’s recommendation.
“Expensive Jeffrey That is the one I went with to Paris,” Bin Sulayem wrote in June 2013 — attaching particulars of a 25-year-old blonde, full with bra cup dimension and favourite cocktail.
“Do you suppose she is a he??” Bin Sulayem requested. Epstein replied, “The palms do seem like mine.”
“No approach you have to be kidding I get sick,” Bin Sulayem stated.
Their conversations, all the time frank, typically verged on crude or objectifying.
“By the best way the Ukrainian and the Moldavian arrived,” Bin Sulayem wrote Epstein on Nov. 12, 2013. “Large disappointment the Moldavian will not be as enticing as the image whereas the Ukrainian may be very stunning.”
“Photograph store,” Epstein stated. Bin Sulayem replied, “Not solely that she was too quick and thin.”
In April 2009, Epstein emailed, “the place are you? are you okay, I beloved the torture video.” There isn’t any additional clarification or context of the video talked about. Bin Sulayem stated he was in China and would return in a few weeks. “Hope to see you,” Epstein stated.
When Epstein was in Paris one week in early Sept. 2015, Bin Sulayem had simply returned from Vladivostok.
“I had assembly with President Putin,” he advised Epstein. “I’m now in London Tomorrow I’m having a gathering with David Cameron at 10 dawning avenue [sic]. I’ll keep until Wednesday how lengthy you might be staying,” he requested. Epstein replied, “name me.”
Later that very same month, their dialog turned to a distinct matter. Bin Sulayem despatched Epstein an image, saying, “This woman is russian father Cypriot mother I met her two years in the past she goes to [the] American college in Dubai.”
“She received engaged however now she again with me,” Bin Sulayem added. “The perfect intercourse I ever had wonderful physique.”
Jeffrey Epstein is seen on this picture launched by the Division of Justice in Washington, December 19, 2025
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In Dec. 2013, Bin Sulayem sang the praises of a particular therapeutic massage he received in Japan. His observe included what seemed to be an itemized chart breaking down every worth vary for every degree of “widespread” and enticing ladies, and detailed descriptions of intimate massages that included sexual touching, feathers, oils and orgasm. He hooked up the total menu of providers for Epstein’s perusal.
“I’m in Tokyo I simply tried the total therapeutic massage,” Bin Sulayem wrote. “Nice,” Epstein replied.
Typically, they’d supply to hyperlink their pal up with a brand new contact.
“I’m in Berlin with the Israeli protection minister I’ve advised him about you and sheik Mohamed,” Bin Sulayem wrote Epstein in March 2012. “He want to meet you each.”
“Sultan , joi can be in Dubai in sept . He’s one in all us,” Epstein wrote to Bin Sulayem on July 31, 2013. “World [sic] love to satisfy him,” Bin Sulayem replied.
“Joi is probably the most linked to the tech world particular person within the states. he runs the MIT media lab, he’s one in all us,” Epstein wrote Sept. 1, 2013. Joi seems to be a reference to Joi Ito, the previous director of the Media Lab on the Massachusetts Institute of Expertise — who in 2019 resigned over and apologized for his monetary ties to the by-then late intercourse offender, saying he had no data of Epstein’s “horrific acts” and interacted with him as a part of “fundraising efforts.”
“One in all us” is a recurrent chorus utilized by Epstein, together with in dialog with Bin Sulayem. In a single Sept. 2009 e mail, Epstein despatched him an ABC Information report about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez giving his safety element the slip in New York, after his United Nations Basic Meeting speech. Epstein wrote within the topic line, “advised you he’s one in all us.”
In Might 2018, with Epstein cc’d, Bin Sulayem reached out to Steve Bannon for a gathering whereas they have been each in Dubai. “Sure,” Bannon stated, “Honored.”
“I’ll prepare selecting you up from AbuDhabi by Heli we are going to do a sky tour of dubai and we can have a gathering I’ll replace you on my conferences in Washington and search your recommendation on how we will transfer ahead,” Bin Sulayem stated. “thanks your higness [sic],” Bannon stated.
