Elizabeth Holmes: from ‘next Steve Jobs’ to convicted fraudster

Elizabeth Holmes: from ‘next Steve Jobs’ to convicted fraudster

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/04/elizabeth-holmes-from-next-steve-jobs-to-convicted-fraudster

Founder of blood-testing company Theranos spun ‘alluring narrative that everyone wanted to believe’

Just six years ago Forbes magazine declared her the “the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire” and the “next Steve Jobs”. Now, Elizabeth Holmes, 37, founder of the collapsed blood testing company Theranos, is facing decades in prison after being found guilty of conspiring to defraud her investors out of billions.