“He is a highly aggressive, highly competitive person.” The mastermind behind the college-admissions scandal
The slight 58-year-old man at the center of the far-reaching college-admissions scandal that has caught up Hollywood stars and Wall Street executives started out as a high school basketball coach in California.
William Rick Singer built a college-counseling business in Sacramento in the 1990s that was distinctive for its success in getting teens into school using tactics that are common now but weren’t then: He gave applicants a brand by heavily emphasizing one quality on their applications.
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