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Elizabeth Holmes
Elizabeth Anne Holmes is an American biotechnology entrepreneur who was convicted of fraud in connection with her health technology company Theranos. Holmes founded Theranos in 2003, and its valuation soared in the early 2010s after it claimed to have revolutionized blood testing by developing methods that needed only very small volumes of blood, such as from a fingerprick. In 2015, Forbes had nam…
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business · American businesswoman convicted of fraud (born 1984) · businessperson · general manager · also Elizabeth Holmes, Elizabeth Anne Holmes, Holmes
Born 3 February 1984 · Q17503525
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2032· 1 entry
2025· 1 entry
Holmes resurfaced with an interview from prison, in which she stated that she still intended to revolutionize the medical testing industry
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2022· 1 entry
The jury found Holmes guilty on four of the seven counts related to defrauding investors: three counts of wire fraud, and one of conspiracy to commit wire fraud
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2021· 4 entries
Holmes testified that she had been raped while she was a student at Stanford and that she sought solace from Balwani in the aftermath of the incident
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After being delayed for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Holmes's pregnancy
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The Australian newsmagazine 60 Minutes featured the Theranos story and Holmes's upcoming trial
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Holmes gave birth to a son in July 2021.
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2019· 3 entries
HBO premiered the documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, a two-hour documentary film first shown at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2019
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And with whom she has had two children (born in 2021 and 2023)
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In mid-2019, Holmes and Evans reportedly married in a private ceremony.
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2018· 5 entries
The company announced that it had begun the process of formally dissolving, with its remaining cash and assets to be distributed to its creditors
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Holmes settled the lawsuit
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With Holmes and Balwani indicted for multiple crimes
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Before the March 2018 settlement, Holmes owned half of Theranos's stock.
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Published a book titled Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, detailing his investigation of Theranos
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2017· 3 entries
Approximately 99 percent of Theranos shareholders reached an agreement with the company to dismiss all litigation and potential litigation in exchange for shares of preferred stock
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The State of Arizona filed suit against Theranos, alleging that the company had sold 1
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Holmes first met William "Billy" Evans in early 2017.
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2016· 3 entries
Fortune named Holmes in its article on "The World's 19 Most Disappointing Leaders"
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“devastated we did not catch and fix these issues faster”
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Reported net worth: $0.0 (as of 2016).
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2015· 6 entries
Awarded Horatio Alger Award (2015).
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Was appointed a member of the Harvard Medical School Board of Fellows and was named one of Time magazine's "Time 100 most influential people"
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Was a member of Bloomberg's 50 Most Influential
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Forbes had named Holmes the youngest and wealthiest self-made female billionaire in the United States on the basis of a $9-billion valuation of her company
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Helped to draft and pass a law in Arizona to let people obtain and pay for lab tests without requiring insurance or healthcare provider approval, while misrepresenting the accuracy and effectiveness of the Theranos d
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When a series of journalistic and regulatory investigations revealed doubts about the company's claims and whether Holmes had been truthful with investors and the government
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2014· 1 entry
When Holmes appeared on the covers of Fortune, Forbes, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and Inc
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2003· 3 entries
Holmes renamed the company Theranos (a portmanteau of "therapy" and "diagnosis")
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And its valuation soared in the early 2010s after it claimed to have revolutionized blood testing by developing methods that needed only very small volumes of blood, such as from a fingerprick
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Holmes founded the company Real-Time Cures in Palo Alto, California, to "democratize healthcare"
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2002· 4 entries
Holmes attended Stanford, where she studied chemical engineering and worked as a student researcher and laboratory assistant in the School of Engineering
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During a trip to Beijing as part of Stanford University's Mandarin program
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And became romantically involved with Holmes in 2003, about the same time Holmes dropped out of university
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Balwani divorced his wife in 2002 and became romantically involved with Holmes in 2003, about the same time Holmes dropped out of university.
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1984· 1 entry
Born 1984-02-03.
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