'Pharma bro' stirs mixed feelings in his ancestral Albanian village

Martin Shkreli, former chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals and KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Inc, arrives for his trial at U.S. Federal Court in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., July 21, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

SHKREL, Albania (Reuters) - Dubbed the "most hated man in America" by the U.S. press, pharmaceutical entrepreneur Martin Shkreli has brought both pride and shame to his home village in Albania from which he takes his name.

The 34-year-old former drug company executive once claimed he was the most successful Albanian in the world.