In this Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, file photo, activists hold signs containing the image of Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli in front the building that houses Turing's offices, in New York, during a protest highlighting pharmaceutical drug pricing. After weeks of criticism from patients, doctors and even other drugmakers for hiking a life-saving medicine's price more than fiftyfold, Turing Pharmaceuticals is reneging on its pledge to cut the $750-per-pill price. But a competitor's 99-cent capsule version is selling well. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The man responsible for raising the price of an HIV medication to $750 a pill is the only person in the world to own the Wu-Tang Clan's exclusive album, "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin."

Pharmaceutical company executive Martin Shkreli is now the sole owner of the album released by the legendary Staten Island rap group. He reportedly spent $2 million to purchase the album, according to Bloomberg Businessweek' fantastic article.

The album was an experiment by the group in the wake of declining record sales in the music industry. They would release just one copy of the album not for commercial sale. The buyer could do anything he or she wanted with it.

The clan didn't anticipate the buyer could be such a controversial figure, though. Shkreli is the CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, which drew controversy when it purchased the drug Daraprim and raised its price from $13.50 a pill to $750.

The move led BBC to write that Shkreli "may be the most hated man in America."

Shkreli attended a private bidding session held by the auctioneers of the album, Paddle8 and ended up making the winning bid.

After the rap group's mastermind RZA learned that Shkreli was the new owner of the album, he emailed the business magazine a statement: "The sale of 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' was agreed upon in May, well before Martin Skhreli's [sic] business practices came to light. We decided to give a significant portion of the proceeds to charity."

RZA said the group would be donating some of the proceeds to charity.

As for the album? Shkreli hasn't bothered to listen to it yet, he told Bloomberg.

"I could be convinced to listen to it earlier if Taylor Swift wants to hear it or something like that," Shkreli told the magazine. "But for now, I think I'm going to kind of save it for a rainy day."