Bill Gates met with Jeffrey Epstein 'a number of times,' admits it was 'huge mistake'

Billionaire tech founder and philanthropist Bill Gates acknowledged that he made a "huge" mistake in meeting with Jeffrey Epstein, and said he did so "a number of times."

Gates co-founded Microsoft and is reportedly one of the wealthiest men in the world. He and his ex-wife, Melinda French Gates, founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a non-profit that has garnered a nearly $50 billion endowment. Bill Gates said he had met with Epstein in the hopes that the financier would donate toward Gates’ "goal of raising money for global health."

"I didn’t realize that the meeting with him almost downplayed the incredibly awful things he did," Gates said. "I’ve learned more about that over time, but I add that to the list of big mistakes."