Elizabeth Holmes

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HBO's Elizabeth Holmes Film Rekindles Debate on Her Voice

Literally: People want to know if she faked the baritone

(Newser) - The stunning rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and her now-defunct company, Theranos, gets a thorough rehashing in an HBO documentary that debuted Monday night. Alex Gibney's The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley is winning praise for its look at how Holmes' claim of inventing a simple...

During Theranos&#39; Last Days, Dog Pooped in Board Room
Here's What Happened
Just Before Theranos' Demise
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Feb 24, 2019 4:10 PM CST

Here's What Happened Just Before Theranos' Demise

Writing for Vanity Fair , Nick Bilton describes Elizabeth Holmes as being chipper to the end

(Newser) - You've likely heard about the explosive demise of Elizabeth Holmes' blood-testing company Theranos , a downfall that began in late 2015 with an investigative piece by Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou that questioned the reliability of its testing and unmasked the company's use of third-party devices. But you...

She Aimed to Be the Next Steve Jobs. Far From It

Podcast, doc dig into the mess that was Elizabeth Holmes' Theranos

(Newser) - Theranos is kaput , but details of the once bankable blood-testing company are still coming to light, including in a documentary and six-part podcast from ABC News and Nightline. The first episode of The Dropout podcast, released Wednesday, dives into founder Elizabeth Holmes, particularly her desire to emulate Steve Jobs while...

This Is the End for Beleaguered Theranos
Stick a Fork in Theranos
Sep 5, 2018 8:29 AM CDT

Stick a Fork in Theranos

Blood-testing firm aims to turn over assets, cash within a year

(Newser) - Last one out, shut off the lights: A Silicon Valley darling before investors lost $1 billion , blood-testing firm Theranos will soon be no more. After years of scandal and failed attempts to sell the company, its cash dipped too low, according to a $65 million loan agreement with Fortress Investment...

Things May Get Worse for Elizabeth Holmes
Worst Part
of Theranos
Scandal Isn't
SEC Fraud
the rundown
Mar 15, 2018 9:40 AM CDT

Worst Part of Theranos Scandal Isn't SEC Fraud

It's duping actual patients, writes Bloomberg columnist

(Newser) - She was the first female founder of a Silicon Valley startup to become a billionaire before it all came crashing down. Now Elizabeth Holmes' personal fortune is gone , and she has just settled with federal regulators who say her company, Theranos, lied to investors about its supposedly revolutionary blood-testing equipment....

Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Charged With Fraud

She's agreed to settle allegations she misled investors

(Newser) - The self-made billionaire once called the next Steve Jobs was charged with "massive fraud" for "deceiving investors" Wednesday, USA Today reports. Elizabeth Holmes founded Theranos in 2003 at the age of 19 and raised over $700 million from investors. But the Securities and Exchange Commission says Holmes and...

Theranos Offers Investors Very Unusual Deal

Troubled firm will offer extra shares to investors if they don't sue

(Newser) - The founder of troubled blood-testing firm Theranos is giving up some of her stake in the company in a bid to prevent yet more lawsuits, reports the Wall Street Journal . Elizabeth Holmes is offering investors up to two extra shares for every one they own in return for a promise...

Theranos Lays Off 40% of Remaining Workers

Embattled firm is focusing on new device

(Newser) - In what Theranos is calling a a "further re-engineering of the company's operations," the company is firing around 40% of its employees just a few months after another huge round of job cuts . The firm, which is battling sanctions and numerous lawsuits over problems with its pinprick...

George Shultz's Grandson Behind Downfall of Theranos

Tyler Shultz says relations between him and former secretary of state haven't been the same since

(Newser) - A protective grandson outraged at what he saw at his workplace spurred the downfall of Theranos, and the Wall Street Journal has what Vanity Fair is calling a "devastating piece" on the whole affair. The man in question: Tyler Shultz, who in 2014 first noticed things were amiss—specifically...

Investor Sues: Theranos 'Knowingly and Repeatedly Lied'

Partner Fund Management wants its $96M returned

(Newser) - Just when you thought things couldn't get worse for Theranos, this: One of its major investors has sued the company and its founder, Elizabeth Holmes, in an effort to get back its $96 million investment and then some. Partner Fund Management argues "the defendants engaged in securities fraud...

Theranos to Shut Labs, Lay Off 340 Workers

Its founder was already banned from owning labs

(Newser) - After scandal and sanctions, Theranos says it is shutting down all of its blood-testing labs and laying off hundreds of workers. "We have moved to structure our company around the model best aligned with our core values and mission," Elizabeth Holmes, the embattled medical technology firm's founder...

A Lone Quote Helped Doom Once-Bright Silicon Valley Star
 

A Lone Quote
Helped Doom
Once-Bright
Silicon Valley Star
in case you missed it
Sep 11, 2016 3:47 PM CDT

A Lone Quote Helped Doom Once-Bright Silicon Valley Star

Vanity Fair digs into the fall of Elizabeth Holmes' Theranos

(Newser) - The rise and fall of Theranos , the company that promised to "change the world" with its ability to test for all kinds of diseases from just a pinprick of blood, gets a thorough retelling in Vanity Fair . In the piece, Nick Bilton writes that founder Elizabeth Holmes created an...

Theranos Can't Stop Getting in Trouble With FDA

This time for its Zika test

(Newser) - And the hits keep on coming for medical technology company Theranos . In an attempt to move on following a federal criminal investigation into its laboratories, Theranos announced it was submitting a Zika blood test for emergency-use authorization at the start of August, the Washington Post reports. Theranos claimed it successfully...

Theranos Chief Banned From Running Labs for 2 Years

Elizabeth Holmes swears company will rebuild Calif. lab 'from ground up' despite feds' sanctions

(Newser) - It's been a rocky road of late for biotech company Theranos and its beleaguered founder, Elizabeth Holmes, and a new major roadblock has now emerged, the Wall Street Journal and AP report. Per a press release issued Thursday evening, the company announced it received a notice from the Centers...

Jennifer Lawrence to Play Disgraced Biotech Boss

She's signed on for Theranos movie

(Newser) - It could be a blood-testing blockbuster: Jennifer Lawrence has signed on to play 32-year-old biotech startup founder Elizabeth Holmes in a movie about the wild ride of Theranos, Deadline reports. The company, which claimed it could test blood with a single finger prick , recently saw its value plummet from $9...

Forbes Says This Young Billionaire Now Worth Nothing

Magazine says Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' net worth is gone

(Newser) - The golden child of the biotech world has lost her luster—and her entire fortune. "Last year, Elizabeth Holmes topped the Forbes list of America's Richest Self-Made Women ," Forbes pointed out Wednesday, noting it had rejiggered the $4.5 billion attributed to her last year: "Today,...

Feds Prod Theranos in Criminal Probe

SEC, DoJ now involved in investigations into blood-testing company

(Newser) - A success story gone sour has taken a new turn for Theranos and founder Elizabeth Holmes, with the SEC and the US attorney's office for the Northern District of California now conducting criminal investigations to determine whether the blood-testing company misled investors and others about its technologies, CNNMoney reports....

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