The Theranos Scandal: Lies, Millions Lost, and Broken Lives A Billion-Dollar Scam That Fooled the World Elizabeth Holmes was once Silicon Valley’s golden girl, a self-made billionaire promising to revolutionize healthcare. With a single drop of blood, her company, Theranos, claimed it could perform hundreds of medical tests—eliminating the need for traditional lab work. Powerful […]
Who Is Elizabeth Holmes? American former businesswoman Elizabeth Holmes was the founder and CEO of the now-defunct health technology company Theranos, which Holmes established in 2003 at just 19 years old. In 2015, Forbes magazine broadcasted her as “the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire” in the US, while Inc. Magazine called her the “next Steve […]
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