Børge Brende, president and CEO of the World Economic Forum, has resigned following an independent review into his ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
He is the latest in a string of high-profile figures to feel the consequences of their association with Epstein.
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Børge Brende has been the President of the World Economic Forum (“WEF”) since 2017. In May 2024, he succeeded Klaus Schwab as chair and managing director of the managing board. Brende is also a member of the Bilderberg Steering Committee.
Related:
- The Great Reset Under Fire? Klaus Schwab to step down and calls for King Charles to step away from key royal duties, The Exposé, 4 April 2025
- The WEF is Being “Epsteined”, Global Research, 9 February 2026
The decision for Brende to resign from his roles at WEF was announced today. It comes after US Justice Department documents revealed that Brende attended three business dinners with Epstein in 2018 and 2019 and exchanged emails and text messages with him, years after Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute.
Brende, a former Norwegian foreign minister, claimed he was “completely unaware of Epstein’s past and criminal activities.” However, previous claims he has made have been proved untrue. He had, as recently as November 2025, denied knowing Epstein, Business Insider said.
As Semafor noted, Brende is among other high-profile Norwegians to face repercussions over their associations with Epstein, including former prime minister Thorbjørn Jagland, the crown princess, and Norway’s ambassador to Jordan and Iraq Mona Juul.
The Epstein fallout has not only been seen among Norwegians. There has been a string of global figures who have faced professional or criminal consequences for their ties to Epstein:
- Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and former UK Ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson were arrested this month;
- Sarah Ferguson, Mountbatten-Windsor’s ex-wife, announced she was shutting down her UK-based charity Sarah’s Trust in February;
- Larry Summers, former Harvard University President, will step down from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of this academic year and will remain on leave until that time;
- Thomas Pritzker, chairman of Hyatt Hotels, announced on 16 February that he is stepping down;
- Kathy Ruemmler, former chief legal officer at Goldman Sachs, announced on 12 February that she was resigning from her job;
- head of the prestigious law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, announced on 4 February that he was stepping down as chairman;
- George J. Mitchell, former Democratic senator from Maine and envoy to Northern Ireland during the Clinton administration, resigned from his position as honorary chair of the Mitchell Institute in February;
- Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, an influential Emirati businessman, was replaced as chair of DP World;
- Casey Wasserman, CEO of Wasserman Media Group, announced in February that he was putting the company up for sale;
- Peter Attia, scientific adviser at AGI, chief science officer at David and wellness influencer, parted ways with AGI and David;
- Miroslav Lajčák, the national security adviser to Slovakia’s prime minister, resigned;
- Former French Culture Minister Jack Lang is under investigation in France and resigned in February as president of the Arab World Institute;
- Mohamed Waheed Hassan, a former president of the Maldives, resigned his post as special envoy to the current president;
- Richard Axel, a molecular biologist who won the Nobel prize for his work studying how the human brain processes smells, announced on Feb. 24 that he was stepping down from a prestigious post at Columbia University;
- David A. Ross resigned from his post as chair of the MFA art practice programme at New York’s School of Visual Arts;
- Larry Summers, the former president of Harvard University who served as treasury secretary during the Clinton administration and head of the National Economic Council in the Obama administration, announced in November that he would step away from his teaching duties at Harvard, and he stepped down from the board of directors at OpenAI and resigned his membership with the American Economic Association; and,
- Jes Staley, former CEO of Barclays, stepped down in November 2021;
- Leon Black, former head of Apollo Global Management, announced he was stepping down as CEO in January 2021.
Featured image: Jeffrey Epstein (left). Source: Town & Country. Børge Brende (right). Source: WEF (archived)
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Release the Epstein files! Release the Epstein files!……OK. Woops! Look at all the democrats, political & global elites.
Not all have been revealed. There are thousands of videos we don’t have access to, and a picture is worth a thousand words.
We don’t have all the texts, either. They are not saying that we do. There have been so many news stories: in more than one over the past few years, I read that we were getting a first batch and a second batch, with some still withheld due to their sensitivity or something.
“Second batch” does not mean “all the rest”.
Some people are getting more than we are, or else there would not be this flood of resignations. And why are there not more? The pics we have seen show crowds at Epstein’s parties, including current and former US presidents and their wives. Is Andrew the only guy out of hundreds who ever put his arm around a girl’s waist or got on the floor with her? The plane’s passenger lists are long. Are all those people innocent and only a few guilty?
The release of files is a very tightly controlled process designed to protect certain people and throw others to the wolves. I’m delighted that these few have lost some of their jobs. But it’s only a drop in the bucket.
Do you consider Howard Lutnick a democrat? 🙂
Hi Rhoda,
Well you have really excelled yourself on this occasion.
This list of yours is amazing.
All you have to do now, is get some of our UK MP’s onto the list.
When you do there will be a rush to leave this country they have destroyed.
Keep up your good work.
Hi Dave Owen, thank you. Let’s keep our eyes peeled for additions to the list.
I hope anyone that committed crimes will pay with a “bit more” than just stepping down.
As for the ones that committed hideous crimes against children…I’m sorry but even the death penalty doesn’t seem enough.
String them up by their undercarriages!
Another victory in holding the elites to account?……or…..just one more sacrificial lamb to distract us from the involvement of most of these evil corrupt bastards and to try and convince us that there are no more culprits to be had. Ha!
That’s what I think. The left’s attempt to pin DJT with this would have been exposed when he was a candidate for PRESIDENT. Look at what else they (Democrats, left elites and foreign enemies) did trying to keep him out, even trying to murder him!
This is just the ‘tip-of-the-ice’ evidences. Connecting the dots are far from inter-connected because the ‘rabbit-hole’ are so deep & horrified.
Epstein connections with UN’s ring-leader in child abductions under PIZZAGATE code-name was stretched far & wide across border of the entire world. We are talking about millions over his lifetime.
Epstein was the HAREM MASTER in providing all ‘flavor’ of any country race & genders. Just ask what country or race of children you want to have sex with, he will make sure available. That’s how powerful & resourceful he is in children traffic-king.
What more sinister, some Epstein’s client are killing those children for fun & for sick self-indulge game.Those people are no longer human but monster. What make me ultimate-furious/rage concerning those who in religion, wearing a ‘mask’ as pious & generous but evil to the core. Yes, I’m talking about the Popes, Imams, Sultans, Dharma, Dalai & many more.
My third eye… Those children’s scream haunted me until this very day.
I dont know how to think, about this. Because its all so dark, revolting & demonic. What are we really dealing with? Are these humans that are eating babies? Torturing children. I hear them saying things like Satanism, they don’t comprehend the true terrible meaning of the word. They say its a spiritual battle. If it is, we are losing big time. What is this world really? Has the human race been infiltrated? Is David Icke right, are these are all shape shifting flesh eating reptilians? I cant believe that humanity has sunk so low in vibration. I try not to feel fear. Its hard. We are ruled by criminals, they protect each other. Justice doesnt exist. Laws were made only for the slave class, us, to be kept under control.
If we tolerate this what does that say about us?. I end with I dont know what to think, we stare into hells abyss.
What you said about we are ruled by criminals are 100% true.
All the top government leaders, Ministers, CIA, Army, Police, NGOs, Organizations (UN, NATO, WHO, WEF, UNHCR, etc), under same operatives of the terrorist organizations (ISIS, Al-QAEDA, TALIBAN).
What most people don’t know is, these people are the same coin of two sides, disguised & running both sides by same person.
Just like Rothschild family role in all wars of the world. Making profits by funding both sides in war. That’s how STUPID a human are when taste power will corrupted instantly.
This goes all the way to the top of international jewry.
Epstein said so himself, “As you know, I represent the Rothschilds.”
The Rothschilds are one family out of 300. They are not “Jewry” as you like to label them to keep the anti-Jewish PsyOp going.
https://expose-news.com/2026/02/21/who-is-the-head-of-the-rothschilds-and-are-they-jewish-2/
“Stepping down” or resigning ain’t squat – where are the prosecutions and jails?! Just like New Zealand’s snagged tooth Jacinda – from clot shot murder in the country as “prime minister” then before the mob comes, move her to university professor in the USA. What a hard life for her, right? Also a tip in the nasty iceberg.
Don’t forget, all the evils under the Epstein umbrella are STILL going on !!! Have been for centuries. Ask any addict – gotta have that next fix. These are lines that once crossed there is no going back and no reformation.
My daddy said on the farm over 60 years ago after shooting a beloved dog. Once they taste that blood they will always be killing the chickens.
Sick state of affairs and we are not even getting a glimpse of the real horrors.