By Tom Warren
Publication Date: 2026-02-02 18:09:00
Emails between former Windows boss Steven Sinofsky and Jeffrey Epstein, published by the Justice department on Friday, appear to show that Sinofsky constantly sought Epstein’s advice as he negotiated his surprise exit from Microsoft in November 2012, forwarding emails to him in nearly real time as talks progressed. Sinofsky also appears to have paid Epstein for his help at the end of the process, and turned to him for assistance finding a new job with Apple or Samsung, according to the emails.
One chain appears to show that Sinofsky forwarded a confidential email between Microsoft executives to Epstein in July 2013 that details the issues around the launch of Surface, warning that the Surface RT tablet was “about to catastrophically fail in a very public way.” Sinofsky had originally sent the email to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on November 3rd, 2012, detailing how Surface RT sales were in a “very tough spot” and that the company might be on “the verge of an…
