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As 2021 drew to a close, the 15-week trial of disgraced Silicon Valley prodigy Elizabeth Holmes completely gripped us. Holmes founded the biotechnology company Theranos, which claimed to have invented a device that would revolutionize blood testing, requiring only a drop or two of blood rather than the vials traditionally required. At 30, Holmes was named the world’s youngest self-made billionaire woman by Forbes.
But Theranos and Holmes’ success were a house of cards. In 2015, the wall street journal Journalist John Carreyrou revealed that the revolutionary technology touted by Holmes did not actually exist, and that the company was instead using existing machines from other companies to conceal this fact. Holmes and Ramesh Balwani (her boyfriend and Theranos COO) on eleven counts. In January, a California jury found Holmes guilty of three counts of fraud and one count of conspiracy to defraud investors. She faces up to 20 years in prison, but will not be sentenced until September.
If you want to delve deeper into the extraordinary saga of the rise and fall of Holmes, there’s no shortage of material to devour. Here’s your complete guide to every piece of Theranos content, from the book that started it all to the upcoming adaptation starring Jennifer Lawrence.
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