Ghislaine Maxwell is a renowned British socialite best known for her relation to financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Ghislaine Noelle Marion Maxwell was born on December 25, 1961, in Maisons-Laffitte, France as the ninth and youngest child of Elisabeth Meynard and Robert Maxwell. Her mother was a French-born scholar, while her father, Robert was a Czechoslovak-born British media proprietor.

Ghislaine Maxwell’s father was from a Jewish family, while her mother was of Huguenot (French Protestant) descent. She was born two days before a car accident that left her fifteen-year-old brother Michael in a prolonged coma until his death in 1967.

Ghislaine Maxwell began her schooling at the Oxford High School for Girls in North Oxford. She later enrolled at Edgarley Hall boarding school in Somerset at the age of nine before proceeding to Headington Girls’ School at age thirteen.

Ghislaine Maxwell attended Marlborough College where she studied “modern history with languages” and later earned a degree from Balliol College, Oxford in 1985. She had worked for her father Robert Maxwell until his death in 1991. She later moved to the United States and became a close associate of Epstein.

Ghislaine Maxwell was charged by the US federal government with the crimes of enticement of minors and sex trafficking of underage girls in 2020.

How old is Ghislaine Maxwell now?

Ghislaine Maxwell is 59 years old as of 2021. She was born on December 25, 1961.

How do you pronounce Ghislaine?

Ghislaine Maxwell is pronounced as “Gee-lane” (/ˌɡiːˈleɪn, -ˈlɛn/ ghee-LAYN, -⁠LEN).