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He takes credit for introducing Donald to Melania, sold Trump condominiums, won a White House envoyship — and keeps turning up at the blurred edges of the Epstein story. This is the life of Paolo Zampolli, told through time.

Born into Milanese wealth and mentored by Elite Model Management founder John Casablancas, Zampolli built a career on proximity: to models, to money, and above all to Donald Trump.

Developed through the research and reporting of Katie Chenoweth and Nina Burleigh, this timeline pieces together court records, DOJ Epstein-file disclosures, and the accounts of those who knew him to trace five decades, from a Milan childhood to Paolo Zampolli’s current diplomatic post in the second Trump Administration.