Biography of elizabeth holmes of theranos

American businesswoman (born )

For the writer, see Elizabeth Holmes (writer).

Elizabeth Anne Holmes (born February 3, ) is an American biotechnology entrepreneur who was convicted of fraud in connection with her blood-testing company, Theranos.^[2] The company's valuation soared after it claimed to have revolutionized blood testing by developing methods that needed only very small volumes of blood, such as from a fingerprick.^[3][4] In , Forbes had named Holmes the youngest and wealthiest self-made female billionaire in the United States on the basis of a $9-billion valuation of her company.^[5] In the following year, as revelations of fraud about Theranos's claims began to surface, Forbes revised its estimate of Holmes's net worth to zero,^[6] and Fortune named her in its feature article on "The World's 19 Most Disappointing Leaders".^[7]

The decline of Theranos began in , when a series of journal