Valley of Hype
Watch Yahoo Finance’s first original documentary on August 30 at 5 p.m. ET. We turn the page on the meteoric fall of the once hyped blood testing startup, Theranos, and its founder, Elizabeth Holmes, as the once-lauded world’s youngest self-made female billionaire faces criminal charges and the possibility of 20 years in federal prison. Read Yahoo Finance's original reporting here.
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Elizabeth Holmes
Former Theranos CEO
Once hailed as the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, Elizabeth Holmes faces up to 20 years in prison in connection with the collapse of her blood-testing startup, Theranos. Holmes, who pleaded not guilty to criminal fraud, declined to be interviewed.
Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani
Former Theranos President & COO
Sunny Balwani, former president and Chief Operating Officer of Theranos, also faces criminal fraud charges connected to Theranos’ collapse and is scheduled to be tried in 2022. Balwani also pleaded not guilty and declined to be interviewed.
Dan Warmenhoven
Former Theranos board member
Dan Warmenhoven joined the Theranos board in 2016, less than two years before it officially dissolved. He served as the CEO of NetApp from 1994 through 2009.
Jocelyn Bailey
Former Theranos employee
Jocelyn Bailey, a bioengineer, joined Theranos in 2015 as an assay development associate, working there for nearly a year and a half. It was her first job out of college.
Reed Kathrein
Attorney who represented Theranos investors
Reed Kathrein, a partner at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, represented investors who sued Theranos, Holmes, and Balwani alleging they were defrauded by Theranos.
Cary Gunn
Founder Genalyte, blood diagnostics company
Cary Gunn is the founder of Genalyte, a biotech company that received FDA approval for rapid diagnostic tests on a small amount of blood.
Margaret O’Mara
Silicon Valley historian
Margaret O’Mara, a professor at the University of Washington, is the author of “The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America.”
John Ioannidis
Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine
John Ioannidis, a professor of medicine at Stanford, was an early critic of Theranos who questioned its “stealth” research in a 2015 medical journal article.
Len Sherman
Professor at Columbia Business School
Len Sherman is a professor at Columbia Business School who specializes in innovation, startup ventures, and entrepreneurship.
Alexis Keenan
Host
Alexis Keenan is a New York-based reporter for Yahoo Finance. She previously produced live news for CNN and MSNBC and is a former litigation attorney.
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