Sun, Oct 6, 2019
In 1998 Keith Raniere and Nancy Salzman, a former psychiatric nurse, founded the NXIVM as a purported self-help organization near Albany, N.Y. Since then, an estimated 18,000 people enrolled in the group's workshops, including its "Executive Success Programs." Most participants only took a few classes, but some members became ardent followers of Mr. Raniere, calling him "Vanguard" and regarding him as the most ethical man in the world.