Episode 3: Elizabeth Holmes
Controversial Figures
English - June 07, 2020 04:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBTrue Crime News Entertainment News true crime controversy controversial hacker news media entertainment psychology security politics Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 2015, Forbes magazine named Elizabeth Holmes the youngest self-made female billionaire in America. She was the enigmatic founder and majority owner of consumer healthcare technology company Theranos; a company valued at near $10 billion and backed by distinguished figures such as Henry Kissinger. So, how did it come to be that Elizabeth and her company would be worth essentially nothing only 1 year later and facing criminal charges? Find out today on the Controversial Figures Podcast.
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