Season 2, Episode 16: The Rise and Fall of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos

Season 2, Episode 16: The Rise and Fall of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos

Elizabeth Holmes is a direct descendent of Charles Louis Fleischmann, a Hungarian immigrant who founded the Fleischmann's Yeast Company. She attended Stanford University, studied chemical engineering and had a background in working in biotechnology. In 2003, Holmes started Theranos corporation ("Theranos" is a combination of the words "therapy" and "diagnosis.") which claimed it was developing a way to conduct blood tests from a few drops of blood from a pinprick rather than having to use the large quantities of blood that are normally required for such tests. Such an innovation would represent a tremendous leap forward in the ability to conduct testing as well as make the lives of patients' far easier. It would be a breakthrough.

Unfortunately, the technology did not exist.

Theranos was valued at $9 billion in 2015. A year later, it was valued at 0.

Elizabeth Holmes was charged with multiple counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud in 2018. She was found guilty on several counts in January, 2022 and sentenced to more than 11 years in Federal prison.

Basic rule of investing: caveat emptor.

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