Enlarge / Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. Holmes targeted ultra-wealthy families as early backers of Theranos to avoid the potential pressure from larger investment firms to go public, according to an investor at the DeVos family office who kicked in $100 […]
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Chip makers have a new best friend: government handouts
With Samsung set to get $650 million in local tax breaks for a new plant, will the feds follow? Read More
Holmes’ parents seeded Theranos, connected her with powerful investors
Enlarge / Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes, left, walks with her mother, Noel Holmes, as they arrive for Elizabeth Holmes’ trial at the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building on November 17, 2021, in San Jose, California. Holmes is facing charges of conspiracy plus wire fraud for allegedly engaging in a multimillion-dollar scheme to […]
Activision Blizzard sets back gender progress
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Holmes claimed Theranos could do “more than 1, 000 tests”—it did 12
Enlarge / Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., left, arrives at federal court in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg ) The jury in Elizabeth Holmes’ criminal trial heard from Theranos’ founder and former CEO for the first time yesterday. What she said, however, didn’t come from the witness […]
Theranos gave woman false-positive HIV result, then ghosted her
Enlarge / Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes, left, walks with her mother, Noel Holmes, as they arrive for Elizabeth Holmes’ trial at the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building on November 17, 2021, in San Jose, California. Holmes is facing charges of conspiracy and wire fraud for allegedly engaging in a multimillion-dollar scheme to […]
Testy Texan recounts how his Theranos shares went from $20+ million to zero
Enlarge / Elizabeth Holmes, founder and former CEO of Theranos, arrives for motion hearing on Monday, November 4, 2019, at the US District Courthouse in San Jose, California. (credit: Getty | Yichuan Cao ) On Monday, at the particular criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos investor Alan Eisenman walked into the courtroom and held aloft […]
Holmes’ ex-boyfriend, who was Theranos exec, bullied and ignored $1. 2M investor
Enlarge In 2006, Alan Eisenman invested more than $1 million in Theranos, a then-promising medical diagnostic company founded by college dropout Elizabeth Holmes. Holmes had told him that her company was talking with Morgan Stanley about an IPO in 12–18 months and that the company would bring in $200 million in revenue by 2008. For […]
Theranos tests detected prostate-cancer marker in prostateless women
Enlarge / Former Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes goes through security after arriving for court at the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building on September 17, 2021, in San Jose, California. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images ) Around 2016, Theranos’ fourth lab director, Kingshuk Das, noticed a problem. He was analyzing data from the company’s diagnostic […]
Theranos lab director never entered the lab, resigned over “lack of clarity”
Enlarge / Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., left, arrives at federal court in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg ) The prosecution had an up-and-down day in courtroom yesterday during the criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of failed medical diagnostic startup Theranos. Judge Edward Davila ruled […]