Elizabeth Holmes

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Elizabeth Holmes File:ElizabethHolmes.jpg Full Name: Elizabeth Holmes Alias: The Dropout The Female Steve Jobs Origin: Washington, D.C., United States of America Occupation: Founder and CEO of Theranos Skills: High intelligence Charisma Crimes: Wire Fraud Scamming Type of Villain: Disgraced Business Leader

Elizabeth Holmes was the disgraced CEO and founder of Theranos, a currently-defunct health technology company that rose to popularity after it was told to have revolutionized blood testing by utilizing methods that take small volumes of blood. Prior to being the founder of Theranos, Holmes was former Stanford student who majored in chemical engineering. She was a student researcher and lab assistant for the campus' college of engineering, until she eventually dropped out in 2004. Her remaining tuition money was eventually used to fund for Theranos.

Downfall

In October 2015, American journalist John Carreyrou published an article that exposed company fraud from Theranos. The article made allegations that the company recorded inaccurate results and substituted commercially available machines manufactured by other companies during testing.

She was evenutally found guilty of four counts of wire fraud. She is currently awaiting sentencing.

In Popular Culture

• The 2018 book Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyou is a nonfiction biography that details the life and downfall of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos. This was followed from Carreyou's investigations and findings on Holmes' scandals in 2015.
• Holmes is the main subject of the 2019 documentary The Dropout.
• Hulu released a miniseries in March 2022 titled The Dropout based on the 2019 podcast of the same name. Amanda Seyfried stars as Elizabeth Holmes.