CEO of World Economic Forum quits after Epstein ties come to light

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https://www.reuters.com/world/ceo-world-economic-forum-quits-after-epstein-ties-scrutinised-2026-02-26/

CEO of World Economic Forum quits after Epstein ties come to light

By Dave Graham
February 26, 20263:19 AM PSTUpdated 1 hour ago

ZURICH, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The president and CEO of the World Economic Forum, Borge Brende, said he was stepping down on Thursday, a few weeks after the forum launched an independent investigation into his relationship with late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Brende, who became president of the WEF in 2017, announced his decision in a statement following disclosures from the U.S. Justice Department that showed the Norwegian had three business dinners with Epstein and had also communicated with the disgraced financier via email and text message.

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[Tetrachloride]

1. Let the sun shine

[UpInArms]

2. All that money and power

and they are just pedophiles

[badhair77]

3. The ultimate Good Old Boys Club.

[snowybirdie]

4. I notice

All these guys say it was just emails or dinner! Ha!

[RussBLib]

5. But it shows bad judgement

Epstein had a global reach. I wonder where Jeffrey is now?

[snowybirdie]

6. I'm thinking

Were not getting their true stories either

[Bettie]

7. Starting to seem like

all the really rich men are perverts.

Maybe being that wealthy makes one think they are exempt from all rules, norms, and morals.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

8. Epstein ran a brothel for wealthy old white men featuring trafficked women