Richard Sackler is an American billionaire businessman and entrepreneur who is a member of the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma. He served as the president of Purdue Pharma from 1999 to 2003 and has been widely criticized for his role in the opioid crisis in the United States. Sackler has been accused of aggressively marketing the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin and downplaying its risks, leading to the widespread misuse and addiction of the drug.