The company pursued this mission for years. They grew slowly at first, but eventually raised serious amounts of venture capital, which at one point valued the company at $9 billion. Holmes' on-paper net worth at one point was in the billions as well. Theranos partnered ...
Elizabeth Holmes (b. 1984) is an American entrepreneur who was founder and CEO (2003–18) of the blood-testing company Theranos Inc. She was once dubbed the youngest self-made woman billionaire, but concerns about Theranos’s business practices caused he
“mistress of all evil”, and coverage of Elizabeth Holmes, once the first self-made female billionaire, illustrate how powerful women with hubris are censured beyond their misdeeds. Elizabeth Holmes’ adoption of a deep voice and other masculine characteristics parallels Maleficent’s demeanor and ...