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Elizabeth Holmes on theranos scandal

In 2014, Elizabeth Holmes, then 30 years old, was on top of the world. A University drop-out, she had founded a company valued at $9bn for supposedly bringing about a revolution in diagnosing disease. With a few drops of blood, Theranos promised that its Edison test could detect conditions such as cancer and diabetes quickly without the hassle of needles but by 2015, the technology she touted didn’t work at all, and by 2018 the company she founded had collapsed. The jury found her not guilty on four other charges and failed to reach a verdict on three more. What is your taught on self made billionaire being tried ?

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