Bad Blood
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John Carreyrou
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The gripping story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos—one of the biggest corporate frauds in history—a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley, rigorously reported by the prize-winning journalist. With a new Afterword covering her trial and sentencing, bringing the story to a close.“Chilling ... Reads like a thriller ... Carreyrou tells [the Theranos story] virtually to perfection.” —The New York Times Book ReviewIn 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the next Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup “unicorn” promised to revolutionize the medical industry with its breakthrough device, which performed the whole range of laboratory tests from a single drop of blood. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at more than $9 billion, putting Holmes’s worth at an estimated $4.5 billion. There was just one problem: The technology didn’t work. Erroneous results put patients in danger, leading to misdiagnoses and unnecessary treatments. All the while, Holmes and her partner, Sunny Balwani, worked to silence anyone who voiced misgivings—from journalists to their own employees.
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Author
John Carreyrou
Pages
352
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Date
2018-05-21
ISBN
1524731668 9781524731663
Ratings
Google: 5
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"A fascinating look into the story of Theranos and its founder Elizabeth Holmes...the supposed wunderkind who would revolutionize blood testing. Did she really believe she could will success or did she intentionally deceive investors, her esteemed board of directors, the medical community, etc. and cover up her failures to feed her ego? What on earth makes a person so careless in diagnosing the public of important medical information they need? I am still awaiting her trial for a conclusion to this story."
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