Calling Bullshit on Elizabeth Holmes' Ignorance
Anyone who knows anything about Theranos should take the psychopath's claims with a 50-lb. bag of salt.
One of my favorite books of 2018 was Bad Blood by John Carreyrou. In a nutshell, the Wall Street Journal reporter's riveting text details Theranos' massive fraud. Led by borderline psychopath and notorious micromanager Elizabeth Holmes, the company bilked investors and partners hundreds of millions of dollars.
I blew through Bad Blood in a little over a day, horrified at the extent of criminal activity that took place. Equally fascinating to me, Holmes and Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani cultivated a workplace predicated on intimidation. Yes, he and Holmes used illegal surveillance methods and showed no regard for the law, let alone ethics.
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