Best of Greed: The Most Hated Man in America

American Greed Podcast

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True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

"Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli is seeking a temporary release from prison to research a treatment for the coronavirus, claiming the pharmaceutical industry's "response to COVID-19 is inadequate." Shkreli became a household name when he jacked up the price of a lifesaving HIV drug 5,000 percent. This quickly earned the former hedge fund manager, investor and pharmaceutical CEO the title of "The most hated man in America." But as American Greed reported in 2018, it was his shady accounting and internet trolling that landed the "Pharma Bro" in hot water. (Original television broadcast: 2/26/2018) Want to binge watch your Greed? Full episodes and the latest news at: https://www.cnbc.com/american-greed/

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0:00.0	This is the American Greed Podcast presented by
0:02.8	C and B.C. I'm Stacy Ketch.
0:07.3	In this episode of American Greed.
0:10.3	I love being this handsome.
0:11.8	It's a gift from God. Would you agree?
0:15.0	Martin Screlli, the hedge fund manager, investor, and pharmaceutical CEO is a social media mainstay exhibiting a questionable social
0:26.7	conscience. He raises the price of this drug which benefits probably the
0:30.0	most sympathetic group of people on the planet. Babies, pregnant women, and AIDS patients.
0:34.3	By jacking the price of a life-saving drug 5,000%,
0:39.2	he earns the title of the most hated man in America. But a quick look at his posts on social media
0:45.3	reveals that's fine by him. Are you going to change the price? No. He wants Martin
0:52.0	Scurley to be a household name. And I'm not sure that he minds
0:55.2	that it's infamy, that it's a notorious name.
0:58.0	Despite being indicted on several counts of securities fraud, this internet troll doesn't think he has to answer to anybody.
1:06.5	No, no questions from C, I'm sorry.
1:08.8	Until one Facebook post gets the attention of the secret service.
1:13.0	Oh, you don't went too far now, you stupid prick.
1:16.0	Can Martin Scrully learn his lesson?
1:19.0	Or is the Farmer Bro hooked on his own hype?
1:22.0	New York City, 8 million. Farmer Bro hooked on his own hype.
1:23.0	New York City, 8 million stories,
1:26.0	and mine's the best. In the
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