Episode 5: Martin Shkreli (Pharma Bro)
Controversial Figures
English - June 20, 2020 15:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBTrue Crime News Entertainment News true crime controversy controversial hacker news media entertainment psychology security politics Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
By his early 30s, Martin Shkreli had held a variety of impressive roles; he was the co-founder of multiple successful hedge funds, CEO of biotechnology firm Retrophin; and founder and CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals. So, how did young Martin Shkreli, with no formal training in chemistry and a Bachelor's Degree in business administration, become a pharmaceutical CEO and have an estimated worth by Fortune magazine in 2016 of $45 million?
And how did Martin Shkreli only a few years later become a convicted felon worth practically nothing; referred to by the media as "Pharma Bro" and "the most hated man in America"?
And whatever happened to that unreleased Wu Tang Clan Album Martin Shkreli bought for $2 million? Find out today on the Controversial Figures Podcast.
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