DP World Chief Quits After Sexually Explicit Jeffrey Epstein Emails Surface

Powerful Dubai businessman Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem is stepping down as chairman and CEO of logistics giant DP World after his crude, sexually explicit emails with late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein surfaced.

DP World, a $13.5 billion conglomerate that operates dozens of ports and terminals worldwide, confirmed the change in leadership — naming Essa Kazim as chair of the board and elevating longtime executive Yuvraj Narayan to chief executive, the Financial Times reported.

A statement from Dubai authorities announcing the appointments did not reference bin Sulayem directly.

But the massive trove of Epstein files recently released by the US Department of Justice shed light on his relationship with Epstein, including email exchanges that referenced sexual encounters and other personal matters.

In September 2015, Sulayem bragged to Epstein in an email about bedding a foreign exchange student who was living in Dubai, writing: “She got engaged but now she back with me … The best sex I ever had amazing body.” (Read more from “DP World Chief Quits After Sexually Explicit Jeffrey Epstein Emails Surface” HERE)