David Stern

David Stern (born January 1978) is a German-French businessman. He was an aide to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (formerly Prince Andrew, Duke of York) and frequently communicated with child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Stern is believed to be living in the United Arab Emirates as of 2026.

Career Stern founded Asia Gateway (later Witan Group ) in 2002, with offices in Beijing and London.

Stern was appointed to the University of Cambridge Judge Business School (JBS) advisory board in 2018. He resigned from the board over his links to Epstein and Mountbatten-Windsor in February 2026 after the release of documents disclosed by the US justice department (Epstein files). Stern was the only member of the board with no picture or profile page on the website.

Relationships Jeffrey Epstein Stern's correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein are reported to have begun around 2008 and lasted until 2019. In October 2016, Stern emailed Epstein to suggest that they should buy Deutsche Bank and that the bank's largest shareholder, the Monarchy of Qatar could be "aligned via PA" [Prince Andrew].

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Stern was formerly an aide to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (formerly Prince Andrew, Duke of York) and was a director of Andrew's Pitch@Palace entrepreneurial initiative. Stern had been introduced to Andrew by Epstein. Stern was in contact with Epstein from at least 2009 to 2017. In October 2013, Epstein emailed Stern to say: "I have a very beautiful friend comoing [sic] to london on tues. ANdrew [sic] might want to have her for a dinner." Prince Andrew was often referred to as 'PA' by the pair.