Top 29 Quotes & Sayings by Martin Shkreli

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Albanian businessman Martin Shkreli.
Last updated on December 18, 2024.
Martin Shkreli

Martin Shkreli is an American former hedge fund manager and convicted felon. Shkreli is the co-founder of the hedge funds Elea Capital, MSMB Capital Management, and MSMB Healthcare; the co-founder and former chief executive officer (CEO) of the pharmaceutical firms Retrophin and Turing Pharmaceuticals ; and the former CEO of start-up software company Gödel Systems, which he founded in August 2016.

I think Trump's going to make it easier to be a drug company in America.
I have this fringe theory that I've sort of stress-tested a little bit - the more polarising and popular a case is, the more likely an acquittal.
I do have what I believe to be a two-CD, authentic, 'Carter V' final product mixed down. Nobody knows what 'Tha Carter V' is. In fact, nobody can say until Lil Wayne says, 'This is 'Tha Carter V.''
Donald Trump is a dream for business people like me. I think Trump's going to make pharma great again. — © Martin Shkreli
Donald Trump is a dream for business people like me. I think Trump's going to make pharma great again.
My whole life has been one theme of self-sacrifice for my investors.
I had an investor who said to me he'd keep his money with me as long as I didn't have a girlfriend and I didn't start combing my hair.
Who else is putting seven figures down for unreleased rap tracks?
Blame me for capitalism. Blame me for EpiPen.
My investors expect me to maximize profits.
I don't buy fancy things. I donated $2 million to Wu-Tang. I got a mixtape in return. It was a wonderful investment.
Politicians love to beat up on guys that are seen to be public enemies, if you will. That's a great way to get elected.
I always wanted to start a public company and make a lot of money.
Politics are well past logic. It's entertainment.
My parents were immigrants and janitors.
You know that being a public figure is instantly grounds for prosecution.
It doesn't seem like life will change very much for Martin Shkreli, basically ever.
I did sleep on the floor of my office sometimes. I didn't brush my teeth as often as I should have. I think my hygiene has improved quite a bit.
Bloomberg is an overpriced legacy software system that subsidizes a money-losing media company.
Everybody's doing it. In capitalism, you try to get the highest price you can for a product.
My shareholders expect me to make the most profit. That's the ugly, dirty truth.
If you have a drug that is $100 for one course of therapy, and you know that you can charge $100,000, what should shareholders think when you say, 'I'd rather not take the heat'?
Invariably, when people read the headline about Martin Shkreli, they hate Martin Shkreli. When they get to know Martin Shkreli, they love Martin Shkreli.
I want to cure many diseases and save children's lives.
I don't mean to be presumptuous, but I liken myself to the robber barons. — © Martin Shkreli
I don't mean to be presumptuous, but I liken myself to the robber barons.
I'd like to focus on my life on creating new medicines for people who are suffering from rare disease.
Most of the drug CEOs I know, they're not themselves - they're what people want them to be. It's pretty obvious of the different drug executives. They're old white men, very buttoned up. They're appropriate, so to speak. I'm a little bit more irreverent, and I'm not going to change just because I have this job.
The key word in profiteering is profit.
There are some people who have a low tolerance for criticism. I'm not one of those people.
I've been a jerk on the internet since the internet started.
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