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In this brief commentary, the speaker labels Martin Shkreli as the "most hated man in America" and outlines the key events that earned him that reputation. Shkreli purchased the anti‑parasitic drug Daraprim and raised its price from roughly $13 per dose to over $500, a roughly 5,000% increase. The media and public reacted with outrage, but Shkreli responded defiantly, celebrating his right to set any price he wanted and framing it as a free‑market principle. The speaker also notes that Shkreli controlled two publicly traded pharmaceutical companies each valued at over a billion dollars, describing him as very smart yet widely perceived as a crook.
