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Shkreli was tied to Royal Bank of Canada at the time and was called in to vet the trading prowess of Franz Tudor, one of Kimelman’s colleagues at the now-closed hedge fund Incremental Capital, according to the new book. Despite having nearly 10 years on Shkreli, Tudor was torn apart by Shkreli’s rapid-fire questioning and “psychopathic level of statistical recall and brain power,” Kimelman writes.


Kimelman eventually intervened to slow the bloodletting and give his colleague a break. Despite Shkreli’s seeming victory that day, his fortunes soon changed. RBC RY, -0.09% fired Shkreli months later after some of his trades cost the firm millions , Kimelman writes.

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