Overview
- Dubai named Essa Kazim as chairman and Yuvraj Narayan as group CEO, with company statements initially omitting Sulayem as they confirmed new leadership.
- Subsequent reports said Sulayem’s resignation was effective immediately, ending his decades-long tenure leading the UAE-owned logistics giant.
- Justice Department files detail years of emails between Sulayem and Jeffrey Epstein, including lewd exchanges, references to island visits, and a 2009 line reading, “I loved the torture video.”
- Representative Ro Khanna publicly identified Sulayem’s name from previously redacted materials, prompting partial unredactions and intensifying scrutiny.
- British International Investment and Quebec’s La Caisse paused new investments over the disclosures, with BII lifting its suspension after the leadership change; reporting notes no criminal charges against Sulayem.