By Chuck Barney | [email protected] | Bay Area News GroupMarch 11, 2019 at 5:56 pm Elizabeth Holmes certainly could talk a good game. Unfortunately, too many people were too willing to listen. The disgraced founder of Theranos — and her forceful powers of persuasion — are rigorously examined in Alex Gibney’s latest documentary, “The Inventor: Out For Blood in Silicon Valley.” Premiering at 9 p.m. Monday, March 18, on HBO, it makes for a jaw-dropping cautionary tale tied to money, greed, grand promises and blind trust. It’s also just one of two documentaries about Holmes and Theranos arriving in the next few days. On Friday at 9, ABC will air “The Dropout” under its “20/20” banner. The two-hour program, which was unavailable for review at press time, shares its name with the popular ABC News podcast, and is based on a lengthy investigation by technology and economics reporter Rebecca Jarvis. In 2004 at the age … [Read more...] about Review: HBO film on Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos a chilling cautionary tale
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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been forced to give up majority control of the company to resolve charges of a ‘massive fraud’
Lydia Ramsey, provided by Published 10:24 am PDT, Wednesday, March 14, 2018 REUTERS/Carlo Allegri Theranos, its CEO Elizabeth Holmes, and its former president Sunny Balwani have been charged by the SEC with fraud. The agency said Wednesday that Theranos and Holmes have agreed to resolve the charges against them. As part of the resolution, Holmes has to give up majority voting control over the company and reduce her equity in the privately-held company. Theranos, its CEO Elizabeth Holmes, and former president Sunny Balwani, have been charged with "massive fraud" by the SEC. The SEC alleged that Theranos "made numerous false and misleading statements in investor presentations, product demonstrations, and media articles" about the company's blood-testing technology while raising more than $700 million. Theranos and Holmes have reached a resolution with the SEC, while Balwani, who left the company in 2016, will be tried in federal district court in … [Read more...] about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been forced to give up majority control of the company to resolve charges of a ‘massive fraud’
Elizabeth Holmes bought an un-potty trained Siberian husky as Theranos crumbled, and it was a poignant symbol of the messy situation
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, as the company was entering its end days, took a cross-country flight to buy a Siberian husky to serve as its mascot, according to a new report in Vanity Fair. The dog, named Balto after a famous sled dog, wasn’t potty trained and felt free to relieve itself anywhere and everywhere inside Theranos’ headquarters. Holmes tried to train Balto to be a rescue dog, but it was a misguided effort, according to the report. As Theranos imploded, one of the top priorities of company founder Elizabeth Holmes was to get a dog to serve as its mascot, Vanity Fair’s Nick Bilton reported Wednesday. In September 2017, following Walgreens’ cancellation of its deal with the blood-testing company and amid a slew of regulatory investigations, Holmes took a first-class cross-country flight to purchase a Siberian husky puppy from a breeder, according to the report. She named the nine-week-old dog Balto after a sled dog who helped deliver … [Read more...] about Elizabeth Holmes bought an un-potty trained Siberian husky as Theranos crumbled, and it was a poignant symbol of the messy situation
HBO to air documentary on Elizabeth Holmes’ Theranos scandal
By Chuck Barney | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: February 8, 2019 at 5:43 pm | UPDATED: February 9, 2019 at 5:55 am PASADENA Former tech billionaire Elizabeth Holmes was able to dupe wealthy backers, the media and others because “we’re all invested in dreams.” So says prolific filmmaker Alex Gibney, whose latest documentary — “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley” — examines how Holmes’ promise to revolutionize blood testing was too good to be true.“We all like people who over promise and overachieve,” Gibney told journalists Friday at the Television Critics Association press tour. “So the grandeur of these visions is compelling to us, which is why I think we’re all invested in them. … But we’re also interested in when people take us in, and then lie to us, and fail. I think we’re happy that they fail.” Holmes dropped out of Stanford at age 19 to … [Read more...] about HBO to air documentary on Elizabeth Holmes’ Theranos scandal
How the Elizabeth Holmes scandal became fodder for HBO film
By Chuck Barney | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: February 8, 2019 at 5:43 pm | UPDATED: February 8, 2019 at 5:44 pm PASADENA Former tech billionaire Elizabeth Holmes was able to dupe wealthy backers, the media and others because “we’re all invested in dreams.” So says prolific filmmaker Alex Gibney, whose latest documentary — “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley” — examines how Holmes’ promise to revolutionize blood testing was too good to be true. “We all like people who over promise and overachieve,” told journalists Friday at the Television Critics Association press tour. “So the grandeur of these visions is compelling to us, which is why I think we’re all in invested in them. … But we’re also interested in when people take us in, and then lie to us, and fail. I think we’re happy that they fail.” A Stanford dropout, Holmes was the founder and … [Read more...] about How the Elizabeth Holmes scandal became fodder for HBO film