Robert Muse Bass (born 1948) is a Texas billionaire investor based in Fort Worth with a net worth estimated at $5.3 billion as of 2024. He is the founder of Aerion Corporation, the supersonic business jet developer that ceased operations in 2021. Over four decades Bass invested across manufacturing, aviation, energy, and media industries, and famously sold New York's Plaza Hotel to Donald Trump in 1988.
Bass appeared in Epstein's address book. No specific meetings or correspondence with Epstein have been publicly documented beyond the address book listing, and no allegations of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein have been made.