Elizabeth Holmes miss everything — andnearly $ 900 millionofother people ’s money — when her bunk blood - testing startup Theranos went into full nuclear meltdown , resulting in thelayoff of nearly all staffand civil accusation of“massive ” fraudfor Holmes and former companionship president Ramesh “ gay ” Balwani .
But she ’s reportedly not done yet , according to aninterview in Vanity Fairwith John Carreyrou , the journalist who helped take the company down and source of Bad Blood : Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup . Carreyrou tell the magazine that Holmes has “ sociopathic tendencies ” include “ diseased lying”—unsurprising , give Theranos ’ signature profligate - testing technologywas a sham — but that she ’s still trying to get investors to hand over cash for yet another venture :
He explained that in her mind , according to legion former Theranos employee he has spoken to , Holmes believes that her cortege of employees lead her astray and that the bad guy is in reality John Carreyrou . “ One person in particular , who left the companionship lately , say that she has a deeply engrained sense of calvary . She see herself as sort of a Joan of Arc who is being persecuted , ” he pronounce .
consider it or not , that ’s not the most staggering matter in the Elizabeth Holmes narrative . According to Carreyrou , Holmes is presently waltzing around Silicon Valley , meeting with investor , hoping to raise money for an exclusively new commence - up musical theme . ( My oral cavity drop when I heard that , too . )
That ’s despite the fact that in addition to $ 500,000 in penalty and the forfeit of 18.9 million now - worthless portion in Theranos , Holmes ’ deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission to address the polite charges of fraud specifically forbid her from becoming the officer or managing director of a public companyfor the next decennary . Then there ’s the fact that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services found Holmes ’ company was run trial so haphazardly that it believed some affected role could be atrisk of interior bleeding or stroke , all while ignoring its own character - control flags .
What ’s go out of Theranos isstill struggling in courtagainst its former lenders , who say they were gip . According to theWall Street Journal , electronic mail from Holmes to stockholder back in April raised the opening the companionship will be liquidated by August . But as Vanity Fair noted , “ speculation capitalist like Tim Draper ( an early Theranos investor ) ” are still insisting that Holmes did nothing incorrect , meaning that perhaps there are still multitude uncoerced to desire her with money .
“ bet what she did , she created an amazing opportunity , ” Drapertold CNBC . “ … I am thrilled with what she ’s done . ”
[ Vanity Fair ]
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