The strange rise and sudden fall of Noel Biderman, the former CEO of Ashley Madison

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Noel Biderman

Noel Biderman, founder and former CEO of Ashley Madison.

Noel Biderman, the founder of Ashley Madison, has resigned.

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The controversial extra-marital affairs site was hacked in July, resulting in the leak of more than 30 million users' highly compromising personal data. Facing catastrophic reputational damage as well as multiple lawsuits for hundreds of millions of dollars, parent company Avid Life Media announced on Friday that Biderman has left the company

This is the story of his strange rise to become the self-proclaimed "most hated man on the internet" - and his extremely sudden fall.

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