Richard Sackler
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Richard Stephen Sackler (born March 10, 1945)[1] is an American billionaire businessman and physician who was the chairman and president of Purdue Pharma, a former company best known as the developer of OxyContin, whose initiation of the opioid epidemic in the United States became the subject of many lawsuits and fines, filing for bankruptcy in 2019.[2][3][4] It has been claimed that Richard Sackler's Purdue is among "the worst drug dealers in history"[5] and the Sackler family have been described as the "most evil family in America".[6][7][8][9] The company's downfall was the subject of the 2021 Hulu series Dopesick and the 2023 Netflix series Painkiller.
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Born | Richard Stephen Sackler (1945-03-10) March 10, 1945 (age 79) Roslyn, New York, US |
Education | Columbia University (BA) New York University (MD) |
Occupation | Businessman |
Known for | Former chairman and president of Purdue Pharma |
Spouse | Beth Sackler (divorced) |
Children | 3 |
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Family | Sackler |