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|birth_date=3 February 1984 | |birth_date=3 February 1984 | ||
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|wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Holmes | |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Holmes | ||
|criminal_penalty=11 years | |criminal_penalty=11 years | ||
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== Activities == | == Activities == | ||
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| + | In [[2003]], Holmes founded [[Theranos]], possibly a front company for the [[CIA]] or other deep state interests. | ||
| − | In November 2022 she was sentenced to | + | The company's valuation soared after it claimed to have revolutionized [[blood test]]ing by developing methods that needed only very small volumes of blood, such as from a fingerprick.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180314200115/https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-03-14/theranos-misled-investors-and-consumers-who-used-its-blood-test</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180613004650/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/25/business/theranoss-fate-rests-with-afounder-who-answers-only-to-herself.html?_r=1 </ref> In 2015, ''[[Forbes.com|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.<ref name="ForbesSelfmadeWomen">https://web.archive.org/web/20180909040017/https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2015/05/27/forbes-announces-inaugural-list-of-americas-50-richest-self-made-women/</ref> |
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| + | In 2016, as revelations of potential fraud about Theranos's claims began to surface, ''Forbes'' revised its estimate of Holmes's [[net worth]] to zero,<ref name="Forbes_nothing">https://web.archive.org/web/20191216095750/https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2016/06/01/from-4-5-billion-to-nothing-forbes-revises-estimated-net-worth-of-theranos-founder-elizabeth-holmes</ref> and ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'' named her in its feature article on "The World's 19 Most Disappointing Leaders".<ref name="Fortune">https://web.archive.org/web/20161123145216/http://fortune.com/2016/03/30/most-disappointing-leaders/</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Conviction== | ||
| + | In November 2022 she was sentenced to 11¼ years in prison for fraud and conspiracy.<ref name=zh>https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/theranos-founder-elizabeth-holmes-faces-judgment-day</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:00, 11 November 2023
 Elizabeth Holmes    (executive, fraudster, spook?) | |
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| Born | 3 February 1984 |
| Alma mater | Stanford |
Criminal penalty | 11 years |
| Parents | Christian Holmes |
| Founder of | Theranos |
| Interests | medical screening |
Spooky starter of Theranos, a high tech health start up which defrauded investors. | |
Elizabeth Holmes started Theranos, a high tech health start up which defrauded investors.
Contents
Background
Elizabeth Holmes was born to Christian Holmes, who was vice president of Enron, and later worked for USAID.
Activities
- Full article: Theranos
- Full article: Theranos
In 2003, Holmes founded Theranos, possibly a front company for the CIA or other deep state interests.
The company's valuation soared after it claimed to have revolutionized blood testing by developing methods that needed only very small volumes of blood, such as from a fingerprick.[1][2] In 2015, 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.[3]
In 2016, as revelations of potential fraud about Theranos's claims began to surface, Forbes revised its estimate of Holmes's net worth to zero,[4] and Fortune named her in its feature article on "The World's 19 Most Disappointing Leaders".[5]
Conviction
In November 2022 she was sentenced to 11¼ years in prison for fraud and conspiracy.[6]
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References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180314200115/https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-03-14/theranos-misled-investors-and-consumers-who-used-its-blood-test
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180613004650/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/25/business/theranoss-fate-rests-with-afounder-who-answers-only-to-herself.html?_r=1
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180909040017/https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2015/05/27/forbes-announces-inaugural-list-of-americas-50-richest-self-made-women/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20191216095750/https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2016/06/01/from-4-5-billion-to-nothing-forbes-revises-estimated-net-worth-of-theranos-founder-elizabeth-holmes
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20161123145216/http://fortune.com/2016/03/30/most-disappointing-leaders/
- ↑ https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/theranos-founder-elizabeth-holmes-faces-judgment-day
