![]() ![]() Eventually, his investigations proved to be a key ingredient in bringing down Holmes and in turn, Theranos. In 2015, a journalist from the Wall Street Journal named John Carreyrou started digging deep into this startup’s wrongdoings and continued investigating it as it directly affected public health. Holmes herself had no background in medical science or healthcare and anytime her employees pointed out the faults in Theranos’ projects, they were either reprimanded, accused of having ill intentions towards the organisation and in most cases, simply fired on a short notice. The only catch? The technology Theranos was developing was faulty and didn’t do even half of the things Holmes claimed it could. Many referred to her as the female Steve Jobs. ![]() Before the age of 30, Holmes with her baritone voice and black turtlenecks became the youngest female billionaire. Soon, her confidence and eagerness to revolutionize healthcare impressed congressmen, military officials and seasoned professionals to invest millions of dollars in her startup. And thus began Elizabeth Holmes’ journey with Theranos. A young Stanford dropout wanted to develop a blood test analyzer that requires no syringe and only a drop of blood. ![]() It was a compelling and novel proposition. ![]()
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