Jeffrey Epstein’s interest in Vladimir Putin is well documented in the files released by the U.S. Justice Department in late January. Now, Meduza has uncovered another curious connection between the convicted sex offender and the Russian president: in previously undisclosed emails with Epstein, former Microsoft executive Nathan Myhrvold said that he hosted Putin’s wife and daughter aboard his boat in 2010. The billionaire technologist, who has denied having a personal relationship with Epstein, is the owner of a $15-million superyacht. But the exchange about the Putin family raises more questions than answers.
On October 27, 2010, Jeffrey Epstein fired off a brief email to former Microsoft executive Nathan Myhrvold. It said, “did you have putin on your boat?”
Myyhrvold’s reply came later that same day. “His wife and daughter,” he wrote, signing the email “Nathan.”
Meduza unearthed this email exchange in the latest trove of documents from the U.S. Justice Department’s investigation into Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender who died while in jail in 2019.
Other copies of these emails appear in the released files with various details redacted, including Myhrvold’s name, email address, and response. When the alleged boat excursion took place, and which of Putin’s daughters could have been on board, remains unknown. Why Epstein was interested in the visit is also unclear.
As Meduza reported previously, Vladimir Putin’s surname appears in more than a thousand documents from the latest Epstein files. Epstein discussed the possibility of meeting the Russian president in correspondence with numerous people. However, there is no evidence in the released documents that the two ever met.
