Source: Fortune
Summary
School districts in the U.S. have canceled class pictures due to concerns over Lifetouch’s ties to billionaire Leon Black, who met regularly with Jeffrey Epstein. Lifetouch’s parent company, Shutterfly, was acquired by Apollo Global Management, led by Black, in 2019. Despite Lifetouch’s assurances that neither Black nor Apollo had access to student photos, some parents remain uneasy.
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The numbers tell one story.
Lifetouch photographs millions of students each year.
Apollo Global Management acquired Shutterfly in 2019 for $2.7 billion.
Leon Black, Apollo’s former CEO, met regularly with Jeffrey Epstein.
No evidence has emerged of Epstein or his associates seeing Lifetouch photos.
The canceled school pictures are another ripple effect of the Epstein investigation, which has raised concerns about the collection of student information.
Author: Evan Null
