Martin Shkreli became one of the most hated people in 2015 after he legally hiked the price of a life-saving drug. He was constantly embroiled in controversy surrounding his professional life – and his romantic one.

Here’s KCSB’s Joyce Chi with the story of how Shkreli went from a child of immigrants to a high-powered CEO, to finally, a federal inmate.

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