Bill Gates keeps tight control of his public image. Epstein is threatening it.
Just like many other celebrities, Bill Gates has a stylist. His sweaters, button-downs and glasses are meant to portray someone calm and approachable, current and former employees say.
His clothing choices show how carefully he's crafted an image as a global philanthropist, in the decades since co-founding Microsoft.
But maintaining Gates’s image has become more difficult, due to persistent inquiries about his relationship with the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. That relationship is also affecting his major philanthropic efforts with the Seattle-based Gates…
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