Jeffrey Epstein built his wealth primarily through financial services activity and related fee income, with a heavy emphasis on a small number of high-net- worth clients and his operations in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The clearest recent accounting suggests that the bulk of his fortune came from about $490 million in fees from services connected to a couple of billionaire clients, supplemented by investment returns from entities he controlled. A sizable portion of the tax-advantaged income came from the U.S. Virgin Islands, where Epstein established residency and ran entities such as Financial Trust Company and Southern Trust Company, which helped minimize taxes and generated substantial fee income over time. In broad terms, Epstein’s wealth accumulation relied on advisory and consulting-type fees, management of family-office services, and related financial activities tied to a small circle of wealthy clients, rather than a traditional diversified investment portfolio. These conclusions are drawn from analyses of court records, public filings, and investigative reporting, which consistently point to a concentration of earnings from two primary sources and extensive use of territorial tax programs to reduce liabilities. If you’d like, I can summarize specific investigations or articles that detail the figures and sources, with date-stamped references.