S20 Ep20: Soul Sisters Bonus - Elizabeth Holmes

23 October - 26 mins
Podcast Series The Good Glow

Elizabeth Holmes was just 19 when she dropped out of Stanford to start Theranos, a company she believed would change healthcare forever. Her big idea was that a tiny drop of blood could be used to run hundreds of medical tests. Investors bought into her vision, and at its peak, Theranos was valued at $9 billion. But there was one major problem: the technology didn't actually work as she claimed. What followed was one of the biggest scandals in Silicon Valley history. The company collapsed, Holmes was found guilty of defrauding investors, and she was sentenced to over 11 years in prison. Her story is a fascinating example of what can happen when ambition and hype get ahead of the truth.

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