Martin Shkreli recalls status anxiety drove decisions he says led to prison

What was said

"I think you you know to keep it short you have this self conscious you have to live up to something and sometimes wanting to live up to that big thing can be um very detrimental and just failing and admitting that you are not that great at that is not that bad i had a hard time admitting i was not the best hetero manager in the world but i was a wonderful entrepreneur that simple refusal to admit that put me in prison."

Martin Shkreli recalls feeling pressure to be seen as a top trader and says he was “petrified” of falling short. He argues that refusing to accept he was not “the best” contributed to choices that, in his account, ended in prison.