Faith Kates
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Faith Kates | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1957 (age 68–69) Long Island, New York, US |
| Education | University of Maryland |
| Occupations | Model agent and talent agent |
| Known for | friendship with Jeffrey Epstein |
| Spouse |
Jeffrey Kogan (m. 1993) |
| Children | 3 |
Faith Kates (born 1957) is an American model agent and talent agent. She was the co-founder, alongside Jean-Luc Brunel, of the Next Management modelling agency, and was its head until November 2025.[1] Kates offered her support and "unconditional" friendship to Jeffrey Epstein after he was first convicted for soliciting a child for prostitution in 2009.[1] She was still sending friendly emails weeks before he was arrested again in 2019.[1]
Kates was born in 1957.[2] She was born and raised on Long Island, New York.[3] She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland.[3]
Career
Kates started her career in the 1980s at Wilhelmina Models, where she rose to supervise the women’s division, before leaving to begin her own agency.[4]
In 1989, She co-founded the Next Management modelling and talent agency along with the alleged sex trafficker Jean-Luc Brunel, and Joel Wilkenfeld.[3] Kates owned most of the company; the Brunel brothers owned 25 percent.[5]
The agency came to represent clients including Alexa Chung, Milla Jovovich and Billie Eilish.[1] In December 2025, Kates stepped down from Next Management weeks after the release of the files of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which documented her friendship with him, saying that it was because she wanted to focus on charity work;[1] industry sources said Kates was forced out of Next Management.[6] Next distanced the company from and ended all legal ties with Kates, and stated that her relationship to Epstein "was completely and absolutely unknown to Next management and its top executives".[1]
Kates was president of the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, and is said to have helped to raise more than $30 million for research.[3]
Personal life
In 1993, she married Jeffrey Kogan, a real estate investor.[3][7] They have three children, and homes in New York City and Long Island.[7]