Theranos

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes loses bid to stay out of jail

The judge’s decision means 39-year-old Holmes, will have to surrender on 27 April to start the more than an 11-year prison sentence

Former top Theranos executive 'Sunny' Balwani to be sent to prison after losing appeal

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision late Thursday to deny Balwani's appeal to postpone the start of his almost 13-year jail term leaves the question of when he must surrender to authorities unanswered

Convicted CEO Elizabeth Holmes is a flight risk, says federal prosecutors

Holmes, who was CEO of Theranos during the company's turbulent 15-year history, was convicted in a scheme that revolved around the company's claims to have developed a medical device that could detect a multitude of diseases and conditions from a few drops of blood

FTX saga and many implosions in US, especially in Big Tech

The US business community, and regulators, should consider FTX and Theranos to be canaries in the coalmine: there are useful lessons in their failures

From Silicon Valley darling to 11 years in prison: Who is Elizabeth Holmes?

Elizabeth Holmes, a Stanford University dropout, founded Theranos to revolutionise blood testing. Her meteoric rise met with a severe blow in 2015 when it was revealed that she had been deceiving her investors

Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to more than 11 years for Theranos scam

Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for duping investors in the failed startup that promised to revolutionize blood testing

Jury convicts former executive Ramesh Balwani of collaborating with Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes in massive fraud

The Theranos CEO was convicted on four counts of investor fraud and conspiracy earlier this year

In Inventing Anna and The Dropout, portraits of empty ambition built on fraud and privilege

The two series feature real-life protagonists who proved the superficiality of the girlboss tag by turning it on its head. Anna Delvey and Elizabeth Holmes desired the success that came with the term, without the hustle associated with it.

Holmes not alone! Why Elizabeth’s Theranos may not be the only start-up with dubious character

Elizabeth Holmes promised a concrete product — it either existed or did not, it either worked or did not. And, unlike others whose unicorns may actually be sheer vapourware, her lies could be pinned down easily

The epic rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes: Once a Silicon Valley star, now held guilty in Theranos fraud trial

Just as Silicon Valley is a cartoonish version of American notions about the virtues of hard work and getting rich quick, so Holmes was a heightened version of Silicon Valley