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Ross William Ulbricht (; born March 27, 1984) is an American who created and operated the illegal darknet market Silk Road from 2011 until his arrest in 2013. Silk Road was an online marketplace that facilitated the trade in narcotics and other illegal products and services. Sales were anonymous, using bitcoin. It operated as a hidden service on the Tor network. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ross Ulbricht is the 172nd most popular extremist (up from 197th in 2019), the 4,311th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,132nd in 2019) and the 59th most popular American Extremist.

Ross Ulbricht is an American convicted for creating and operating the Silk Road market, the first modern darknet market and online black market best known for selling illegal drugs. He was arrested in 2013 and later convicted on charges including money laundering, computer hacking, and trafficking drugs over the Internet, for which he is currently serving a double life sentence plus 40 years in federal prison.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Ross Ulbricht ranks 172 out of 283. Before him are Cleveland Torso Murderer, Mary Bell, Eugène Terre'Blanche, Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov, Jerry Brudos, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. After him are Baby Face Nelson, Ziad Jarrah, Stefano Delle Chiaie, Jonathan Wild, Viktor Bout, and Joaquin Murrieta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Ross Ulbricht ranks 37. Before him are Giorgio Chiellini, Beren Saat, Mohamed Bouazizi, Glen Johnson, Pavel Durov, and Samir Handanović. After him are Adriano, Yun Hyon-seok, Ludwig Göransson, Santi Cazorla, Indila, and Gaspard Ulliel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ross Ulbricht ranks 4,311 out of 20,380. Before him are Noah Beery (1882), Charles Wilkes (1798), Arlene Dahl (1925), Russell Means (1939), Betty Everett (1939), and Dallas Long (1940). After him are Wilfrid Sellars (1912), Andrew Hill (1931), Keir Dullea (1936), Chad Hurley (1977), Eddie Vedder (1964), and Seth Rollins (1986).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Ross Ulbricht ranks 59. Before him are Charles Whitman (1941), Sam Giancana (1908), Andrew Cunanan (1969), Richard Chase (1950), Nancy Spungen (1958), and Jerry Brudos (1939). After him are Baby Face Nelson (1908), Louis Farrakhan (1933), Dean Corll (1939), Herbert Mullin (1947), Bugs Moran (1893), and Carl Panzram (1892).

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