Topline Shortly after disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was convicted of fraud last year, she purchased a one-way trip to Mexico, prosecutors alleged Thursday in court documents opposing her...
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Heroic CEOs And The Boards That Breed Them
“Honey, I’m home!” — Bob Iger during his first stint as CEO of the Walt Disney Co. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) FilmMagic Here is an edited excerpt from this week’s newsletter....
Elizabeth Holmes Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison For Fraud
Topline Failed Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced Friday to 11.25 years in prison after being convicted earlier this year of defrauding investors in her famed blood testing company that t...
Elizabeth Holmes Sentencing: A History of the WSJ Theranos Investigation
By Michael Siconolfi Nov. 18, 2022 5:30 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Elizabeth Holmes’s journey from Silicon Valley superstar to felon is slated to culminate Friday during a hearing in which a ...
Lawyer who beat Microsoft, repped Theranos, eyes suit against FTX’s celeb backers
High-profile FTX promoters like Tom Brady and Steph Curry could have a lawsuit on their hands. Famed lawyer David Boies is talking to clients about a possible class action lawsuit against celebr...
Novogratz Says FTX Looks Like Theranos
Alex Dovbnya Shocking downfall of second biggest cryptocurrency exchange has been compared to Lehman Brothers, Enron and, of course, Theranos During his Thursday appearance on CNBC’s “Squa...
FTX’s stunning collapse nothing like Theranos, says venture investor and crypto bull Tim Draper
Tim Draper, founder and managing partner of Draper Associates and Draper University, balked at comparing the stunning implosion of crypto trading platform FTX to the notorious biotech startup Theranos...
Former Theranos COO Sunny Balwani found guilty of all charges
Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, Theranos’ former chief operating officer, has been found guilty of all charges in his criminal trial. Balwani, whose trial began in March, was charged with ten counts of wire f...
Elizabeth Holmes’ Business Partner Sunny Balwani Found Guilty Of Fraud In Theranos Case
Topline Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, the former Theranos executive who ran the disgraced blood testing company alongside Elizabeth Holmes, was convicted Thursday of fraud and conspiracy to commit wire frau...
Another Theranos? Do Kwon Stares At Multiple Lawsuits As Investors Sense Fraud In Terra’s Debacle ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     Last week, a columnist described Terraform Labs’ co-founder Do Kwon as “the Elizabeth Holmes of Crypto.” Elizabeth Holmes is a former CEO of the now-...
SBF Suggests LUNA’s Collapse Different to Theranos, but Questioning its Marketing Strategy
FTX Derivatives Exchange’s billionaire CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, known as SBF, has faulted the marketing strategies that were employed by the embattled Terra blockchain to gain acceptance from the public...
Crypto Billionaire Says Terra Wasn’t as Bad as Theranos
Alex Dovbnya Do Kwon’s failed stablecoin is not necessarily a Ponzi scheme, according to Sam Bankman-Fried In his recent Twitter thread, cryptocurrency billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried has opined that fa...
What happened to Elizabeth Holmes and Sunny Balwani? Where the shamed Theranos execs are today
In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was dominating the front covers of renowned business magazines for being the youngest self-made billionaire in the world. In 2022, she’s making headl...
Amid Big ADA Milestones, Charles Hoskinson Dispels Claims That Cardano Is ‘Crypto Theranos’ ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson has come out to defend Cardano from critics who have compared it to the now-defunct biotech startup Theranos. As part of a...
Cardano’s Hoskinson Responds To Claims That It Is Theranos In Crypto
Cardano supporters have continued to counter criticisms of the blockchain network. Charles Hoskinson, the CEO of IOHK, has said that there is no scenario where Cardano can be compared to the now-folde...
Cardano Founder Dismisses Theranos Comparisons: “We Have No Secrets”
Alex Dovbnya Input Output CEO Charles Hoskinson has explained the key difference between Theranos and Cardano during a recent ask-me-anything session During a recent ask-me-anything session, Input Out...
at-home testing, from Covid to cancer, worth $2 billion dollars
The at-home testing market is bigger than just Covid tests, and it’s bigger than over-the-counter pregnancy tests. In fact, the emerging marketplace of consumer-initiated lab testing may be wort...
How Many Years Could Elizabeth Holmes Face in Prison? Decades, in Theory
Elizabeth Holmes’s potential prison term for defrauding investors, like her company’s blood-testing technology, will likely fall short of what is advertised, according to an analysis of federal data b...
Verdict in case of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has lessons for investors
Sometimes an investment is too good to be true. Take Elizabeth Holmes’ health-care start-up, for example. On Monday, the founder and former CEO of Theranos was found guilty of four charges in he...