Most Americans have never heard of the Mega Group. Yet this quiet consortium of Jewish billionaires has drifted back into public view because of renewed scrutiny of Jeffrey Epstein. His name dominates headlines again, and with it a strange supporting cast of oligarchs, intelligence veterans, and philanthropic power brokers.
At the center of this cast of shadowy figures stands Leslie Wexner, one of the most influential patrons of the Zionist project. In 1991, he joined Canadian liquor heir Charles Bronfman to create what they called the Mega Group, also known in some accounts as the Study Group. A profile in the Wall Street Journal from 1998 described it as “a loosely organized club of 20 of the nation’s wealthiest and most influential Jewish businessmen” focused on “philanthropy and Jewishness,” yet even early reporting hinted at something more profound. One overview at Miftah portrayed the Mega Group as an informal but potent club of Jewish American billionaires and entrepreneurs that quickly attracted attention in Jerusalem and Washington alike.
Israeli intelligence sources later described the Mega Group as a vehicle for influence operations in the United States. Analysts pointed to the group’s contacts with the Israeli Mossad, its alignment with the broader Israel lobby, and its habit of operating behind closed doors. What looked like philanthropy on the surface increasingly resembled a private political machine beneath it......
