Power on Wall Street has generally accrued to those who have made their open bids for it. Soros. Wasserstein.
Kravis. Weill. The Sturm und Drang of their successes and failures has been played out in public.
Epstein breaks the mold. Most everyone on the Street has heard of him, but nobody seems to know what the hell he is up to. Which is just the way he likes it.