Joi Ito
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Media lab director who visited the island in November 2014 according to Epstein's records.
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Mutual Connections
Entities connected to Joi Ito through shared intermediaries, but not directly linked.
Person
Joichi Ito
Connected via: Harvard Law School, The New York Times Company, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation +4 more
Event
Resignations of Joi Ito
Connected via: Harvard Law School, The New York Times Company, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation +2 more
Person
Jeffrey Epstein
Connected via: Zorro Ranch, Epstein documents (20,000-plus released records), Blockstream +1 more
Person
Adam Back
Connected via: Blockstream, Epstein documents (20,000-plus released records), Blockstream
Person
Austin Hill
Connected via: Blockstream, Epstein documents (20,000-plus released records), Blockstream
Key Relationships
Employed By
- Organization Harvard Law School - Joi Ito was a visiting professor of practice at Harvard Law School until his resignation in 2019 due to his ties to J... Credible Reporting
- Organization The New York Times Company - Joi Ito was a board member of The New York Times Company until his resignation in 2019 due to his ties to Jeffrey Eps... Credible Reporting
- Organization John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation - Joi Ito was a board member of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation until his resignation in 2019 due to ... Credible Reporting
- Organization PureTech Health - Joi Ito was a board member of PureTech Health until his resignation in 2019 due to his ties to Jeffrey Epstein Credible Reporting
- Organization John S. and James L. Knight Foundation - Joi Ito was a board member of the Knight Foundation until his resignation in 2019 due to his ties to Jeffrey Epstein Credible Reporting
- Organization Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Joi Ito was a professor of the practice of media arts and sciences at MIT until his resignation in 2019 due to his ti... Credible Reporting
Represented By
- Organization The New York Times Company - Joi Ito was a former board member of The New York Times Company, resigning in 2019 due to Epstein ties Official Document
- Organization John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation - Joi Ito was a former board member of the MacArthur Foundation, resigning in 2019 due to Epstein ties Official Document
- Organization PureTech Health - Joi Ito resigned from his role at PureTech Health in 2019 due to his financial ties to Jeffrey Epstein Official Document
- Organization John S. and James L. Knight Foundation - Joi Ito was a former board member of the Knight Foundation, resigning in 2019 due to Epstein ties Official Document
Connected To
- Person Nicholas Negroponte - Media Lab founder Negroponte expressed support for Ito's decision to accept funding from Epstein in 2019 Credible Reporting
- Person Lawrence Lessig - Lessig signed a petition in support of Ito and wrote about the nature of anonymous donations from criminals like Epstein Credible Reporting
- Person Peter Cohen - Ito and Cohen worked together for years to solicit anonymous donations from Epstein despite his disqualified donor st... Credible Reporting
Associated With
- Person Nicholas Negroponte - Negroponte, founder of MIT Media Lab, expressed support for Ito's decision to accept funding from Epstein Credible Reporting
- Person Peter Cohen - Ito and Cohen worked together for years to solicit anonymous donations from Epstein despite his disqualified donor st... Credible Reporting
- Person Robert Millard - Ito approached Chairman Millard for assistance in soliciting donations from Epstein, but Millard did not assist and w... Official Document
Mentioned In
- Location Zorro Ranch - Joi Ito was listed in recently released federal emails and schedules as having been invited to Zorro Ranch Official Document
- Document Epstein documents (20,000-plus released records) - Joi Ito is mentioned in the DOJ-released Epstein files documents regarding his fund's association with Epstein Official Document
Invested In
- Organization Blockstream - Joi Ito's fund invested in Blockstream's 2014 seed round, with Epstein as a limited partner Court Record
Funded
- Organization Blockstream - A fund associated with Joi Ito invested in Blockstream's 2014 seed round, with Epstein as a limited partner. Official Document
- Financial Entity Blockstream - A fund associated with Joi Ito invested in Blockstream's 2014 seed round, through which Jeffrey Epstein invested indi... Credible Reporting
Source Documents & Evidence
“Following the exposure of his personal and professional financial ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Ito resigned from his roles at MIT, Harvard, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Knight Foundation, PureTech Health, and The New York Tim...”Accessed: 2026-02-22
“In August 2019, director Joi Ito said that the organization had received funding from multimillionaire convicted crimes against minors Jeffrey Epstein through foundations Epstein controlled; that Ito had visited several of Epstein's residences”Accessed: 2026-02-22
“In connection with efforts to cultivate donations from Epstein, Ito and certain members of the MIT faculty hosted Epstein on the MIT campus on at least nine occasions between June 2013 and April 2017. Ito also attempted to assist Epstein, strategi...”Accessed: 2026-02-23
“Reid Hoffman and Joi Ito visited the island in November 2014 according to Epstein's scheduling records.”Accessed: 2026-02-24
“In email exchanges back in 2015, Japanese financier Joi Ito recommended to Epstein that they both approach Mugabe to discuss the currency after the Zimbabwean dollar lost its value.”Accessed: 2026-03-11
“the director of the MIT Media Lab, Joi Ito, was aware of Epstein's misdeeds and took steps to solicit donations while hiding their source, Ito resigned.”Accessed: 2026-03-12
“Joi Ito, the director of the MIT Media Lab, accepted more than $7.5 million from Epstein and concealed the donations from MIT”Accessed: 2026-03-16
“email communications indicating that Jeffrey Epstein had invested indirectly in Blockstream during its 2014 seed round via a fund associated with Joi Ito”Accessed: 2026-03-18
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Google News - Discovery (Frontier: Knight Foundation (John S. and James L. Knight Foundation))
2 references
“Director of M.I.T. Media Lab Apologizes for Ties to Jeffrey Epstein”
“"MIT to investigate research lab's ties to Epstein as director resigns"”Accessed: 2026-03-29
“Emails and schedules recently released by federal authorities also show a long list of entrepreneurs, actors and scientists were invited to the ranch over the years, including Woody Allen, Robert Redford, Reid Hoffman, Joi Ito and Peter Thiel”Accessed: 2026-04-05
“Reid Hoffman and Joi Ito visited the island in November 2014, according to Epstein's records.”Accessed: 2026-05-04
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Added: 2026-02-22
· Updated: 2026-05-04
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