The First Fifty Years

A three-volume bound album containing personalized greetings for Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday in 2003, assembled by Ghislaine Maxwell.

Key Relationships

Contributed To

• Person Jean-Luc Brunel - Brunel was listed as a contributor to the birthday book. Official Document
• Person James Cayne - Cayne is listed among contributors to the birthday album Official Document
• Person Leon Black - Black contributed a handwritten poem with the acronym "V.F.P.C." standing for "Vanity Fair Poster Child". Official Document
• Person Murray Gell-Mann - Gell-Mann is listed among contributors to the birthday album Official Document
• Person Nathan Myhrvold - Myhrvold sent photographs from Africa including images of mating animals and a zebra with visible genitals. Official Document
• Person Vera Wang - Wang suggested a shopping trip and joked about Epstein appearing on The Bachelor television series. Official Document
• Person Mortimer Zuckerman - Zuckerman contributed a letter joking about Epstein being born in Liechtenstein with a wife and three children. Official Document

Mentioned In

• Person Jean-Luc Brunel - Jean-Luc Brunel contributed to The First Fifty Years birthday book. Official Document
• Person James Cayne - James Cayne contributed to The First Fifty Years birthday book. Official Document
• Person Leon Black - Leon Black contributed a handwritten poem to The First Fifty Years birthday book including the acronym V.F.P.C. for '... Official Document
• Person Martin Nowak - Martin Nowak contributed several pages referring to his work on the evolution of language to The First Fifty Years bi... Official Document
• Person Karoline Leavitt - White House press secretary Leavitt denied that Trump drew the image and stated his legal team would pursue litigation Credible Reporting
• Organization U.S. Southern District of New York - The House Oversight Committee released the full album publicly in September 2025 Official Document
• Person Jasmine Crockett - Crockett emphasized that the Trump letter material came from Epstein's estate when the album was released Credible Reporting
• Person Murray Gell-Mann - Murray Gell-Mann contributed to The First Fifty Years birthday book. Official Document
• Document Lolita Express - The First Fifty Years birthday book contains an unsigned drawing showing Epstein's Lolita Express private jet in the ... Official Document
• Person Alan Greenberg - Alan C. Greenberg contributed to The First Fifty Years birthday book. Official Document
• Person Nathan Myhrvold - Nathan Myhrvold contributed photographs from an Africa trip to The First Fifty Years birthday book. Official Document
• Person Vera Wang - Vera Wang contributed to The First Fifty Years birthday book, suggesting a shopping trip and joking about Epstein app... Official Document
• Person Mortimer Zuckerman - Mortimer Zuckerman contributed a letter to The First Fifty Years birthday book joking about looking for information o... Official Document
• Person Peter Mandelson (Lord Mandelson) - Peter Mandelson contributed to The First Fifty Years birthday book, and later dismissed as British Ambassador due to ... Official Document
• Organization The Wall Street Journal - The Wall Street Journal first reported the existence of the book and published articles about its contents Credible Reporting
• Person Keith Girard - Girard analyzed Trump's birthday card contribution to the Epstein book Single Source
• Person Ro Khanna - Representative Ro Khanna requested a copy of The First Fifty Years birthday book by August 10, 2025 for congressional... Official Document
• Person Virginia Giuffre (née Roberts) - Trump allegedly contributed a letter with a hand-drawn outline of a naked woman to the birthday book Credible Reporting
• Person William Jefferson Clinton - Bill Clinton wrote a letter contribution for Epstein's birthday book with message about lasting friendship Credible Reporting
• Person Representative Garcia - Representative Robert Garcia requested a copy of The First Fifty Years birthday book by August 10, 2025 for congressi... Official Document

Owned

• Financial Entity Epstein's estate - The Epstein estate provided a copy of the birthday album to Congress. Official Document

Source Documents & Evidence