Richard Taite has lived enough lives for 10 men. Once a homeless addict who lost 25 years to drugs, he’s now a multimillionaire entrepreneur determined to rebuild the recovery world from the ground up.

Known as “The King of Rehab,” Taite, 59, is the founder of Cliffside Malibu, the luxury treatment center that became synonymous with celebrity recovery. After selling it for a record-breaking nine-figure sum in 2018, Taite could have disappeared quietly into a comfortable Malibu retirement. Instead, he’s back with two new treatment centers, a podcast and a book, all fueled by purpose, faith and his commitment to what he considers is unfinished business: America’s fentanyl crisis.

“I lost 25 years of my life to drug addiction and have treated people for 22,” Taite told Newsweek . “Tha

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