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S20 Ep20: Soul Sisters Bonus - Elizabeth Holmes

The Good Glow

S20 Ep20: Soul Sisters Bonus - Elizabeth Holmes

23 de octubre de 202626:23
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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,…