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Montevideo, May 6th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

Tag: Elizabeth Holmes

  • Monday, April 17th 2023 - 23:00 UTC

    The “next Steve Jobs” and self made billionaire, Elizabeth Holmes to prison for fraud

    The former Silicon Valley star falsely claimed the Theranos technology could diagnose disease with just a few drops of blood

    Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was once hailed as the “next Steve Jobs”, said to be the world's youngest self-made billionaire and the darling of the US corporations world. The former Silicon Valley star falsely claimed the technology could diagnose disease with just a few drops of blood. Her company at the peak of her market aura was valued at almost ten billion US dollars.