Filling out the Rogue's Gallery: teach me about lesser known real-life supervillains

It's not like Peter Thiel has a low profile but in the shadow of the perma-catastrophe that is his longtime frenemy Musk, a sea-steading billionaire vampire sometimes gets overlooked.

Tell me about other would-be Victor von Dooms of the world that aren't getting their limelight.

http://www.youtube.com/@BehindTheBastards

I love this title: "Part One: Thomas Kinkade: the Evil-est Painter"
Such is the volume of his evil that we require a two-parter!

Thomas Midgley Jr.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Drax

Drax is a good supervillain name but this guy seems like more of a henchman?

Midgley's death does seem like classic ironic villain material:
"he was found strangled to death by a device he devised to allow him to get out of bed unassisted."

These are great -- Keep em coming!

P-Diddy

I feel like Rick Rubin is the slept on hip hop supervillain...

Board 77 & Carter USM favourite, Nicholas Van Hoogstraten:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_van_Hoogstraten

Mr Justice Morgan said: "If there was any way I could make Mr van Hoogstraten pay for all this under the law, I would gladly do it."

classic supervillain origin

He began his property business in the Bahamas with an initial investment of £1,000 realised from the sale of his stamp collection.[3]

Every billionaire