For more than two decades, the convicted sex offender developed a network at the tech giant, making him privy to succession discussions and other business.
In the middle of the maneuvering was Jeffrey Epstein.
Mr. Epstein received updates on the hunt for Microsoft’s new chief executive from company insiders and offered them play-by-play advice, according to the latest release of documents from the Justice Department detailing the financier’s life before he was jailed in 2019 on federal sex-trafficking charges.


