Jean Todt

Jean Todt is a French motorsport executive. He served as general manager of Scuderia Ferrari’s racing division from 1993 to 2007 and was appointed Ferrari’s chief executive in 2004, before becoming the ninth president of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), motorsport’s world governing body, from October 2009 until December 2021. In 2015 the United Nations Secretary-General appointed him as Special Envoy for Road Safety.

Todt’s name surfaced in reporting on the Epstein files in connection with correspondence and a meeting that took place in 2017. According to Front Office Sports, Todt was connected to Jeffrey Epstein through a mutual acquaintance, former Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen, and Todt wrote to Epstein that it was “nice to get =o know you through our common friend Terje.” The same report says Todt subsequently visited Epstein’s home and that Epstein afterward characterized Todt as “odd.” Yahoo Sports similarly reported that Todt wrote to Epstein in 2017, saying it was “nice to get to know you through our common friend Terje.”

The reporting describes contact and a single visit after an introduction; it does not allege wrongdoing by Todt. The sources reviewed for this profile do not include any response or statement from Jean Todt or his representatives addressing the correspondence, so none is recorded here.

Is Jean Todt in the Epstein files?

Yes. Jean Todt, the former Ferrari executive and former FIA president, is named in reporting on the Epstein files. According to Front Office Sports and Yahoo Sports, Todt was introduced to Jeffrey Epstein in 2017 through their mutual acquaintance Terje Rød-Larsen, exchanged a message with Epstein, and visited Epstein’s home; Epstein later described him as “odd.” Being named in the files is not evidence of any crime or wrongdoing. People appear in these documents in many contexts — correspondence, introductions, scheduling, or passing references. See the sources above for the documented context.

Documents

Primary-source records that reference Jean Todt. Inclusion in these documents is not, by itself, evidence of wrongdoing; the reporting reviewed here describes only a 2017 introduction and a single visit, and alleges no wrongdoing by Todt.

• DOJ Epstein Files (EFTA release portal) — Todt is named in email correspondence among the Epstein files released by the Department of Justice. As reported by Front Office Sports and Yahoo Sports, a 2017 email shows Todt writing that it was “nice to get to know you through our common friend Terje” — a reference to former Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen — after which Epstein noted that Todt had visited his home and described him as “odd.”