Elizabeth Holmes became America's youngest ever self-made female billionaire after taking Silicon Valley by storm through her company, Theranos. She claimed its technology would revolutionise health care - but a stunning expose saw it come crashing down as quickly as it had risen.
"Don't worry about the future, we're in good hands."
A hub for the world's biggest tech companies, the only thing more synonymous with this infamous stretch of northern California than scientific breakthroughs and innovative gadgets were the rich white men who were invariably behind them - turtleneck jumpers and smart trouser-sneaker combos in tow.Bill Clinton and Elizabeth Holmes at the Clinton Global Initiative's 2015 meeting in New York
Holmes's catchphrase became"change the world", such were her assertions that the equipment her company had developed could test for dozens of diseases in one fell swoop. The devices used to collect people's blood, which the firm dubbed"nanotainers", were said to be so far off the mark that Theranos had in fact been using other companies' equipment to carry out blood tests in its laboratories.
The journalist who broke the story, John Carreyrou, has since written a book on the scandal called Bad Blood, which stands to be turned into a feature film. There's perhaps a cruel irony that it's being produced by Apple, the company whose late co-founder was a source of such inspiration for Holmes.
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