a range of tests with a few drops of blood from a finger prick to detect certain diseases. in a moment, we ll have a closer look at the details of the verdict. but first, our north america tech reporter on how theranos was founded. we like to see a world in which every person gets access to this type of basic testing. elizabeth holmes had a vision that turned her into a billionaire that she could create a machine that she called the edison that could detect hundreds of diseases with just a few drops of blood. the pitch convinced some very important people. media tycoon rupert murdoch invested, bill clinton was a fan. behind me are theranos s former head offices. very plush, very expensive and in the heart of silicon valley. and the great and the good came to visit theranos. evenjoe biden came to california and heaped praise upon the company.
said she had swindled private investors between 2010 and 2015. the 37 year old did that, they said, by convincing those investors that small machines developed by theranos could run a range of tests with a few drops of blood from a finger prick to detect certain diseases. in a moment, we ll have a closer look at the details of the verdict. but first, our north america tech reporterjames clayton on how theranos was founded. we like to see a world in which every person gets access to this type of basic testing. elizabeth holmes had a vision that turned her into a billionaire that she could create a machine that she called the edison that could detect hundreds of diseases with just a few drops of blood. the pitch convinced some very important people. media tycoon rupert murdoch invested, bill clinton was a fan. behind me are theranos s former head offices. very plush, very expensive and in the heart of silicon valley. and the great and the good came to visit theranos. evenjoe biden
and the great and the good came to visit theranos. evenjoe biden came to california and heaped praise on the company. success seemed inevitable. this is my certificate for theranos, showing my shares and it was actually signed by elizabeth holmes. so, it s kind of a bit of history? it really is. a sad bit of history, but history nevertheless. eileen lepera was a secretary in silicon valley. she heard about this amazing new company. my boss had indicated that it was going to be, in his words, the next apple and that i should get as many shares as i could, and so i did. it was six figures, which was a large amount for me. what eileen didn t know was that the dream elizabeth holmes was selling was a nightmare. the technology didn t work, but investors like eileen had no idea. elizabeth was in stealth mode, so that we had no idea whether it was going well
media tycoon rupert murdoch invested, bill clinton was a fan. behind me are theranos s former head offices. very plush, very expensive and in the heart of silicon valley. and the great and the good came to visit theranos. evenjoe biden came to california and heaped praise on the company. success seemed inevitable. this is my certificate for theranos, showing my shares and it was actually signed by elizabeth holmes. so, it s kind of a bit of history? it really is. a sad bit of history, but history nevertheless. eileen lepera was a secretary in silicon valley. she heard about this amazing new company. my boss had indicated that it was going to be, in his words, the next apple and that i should get as many shares as i could, and so i did. it was six figures, which was a large amount for me. what eileen didn t know was that the dream elizabeth holmes was selling was a nightmare.
in the heart of silicon valley. and the great and the good came to visit theranos. evenjoe biden came to california and heaped praise on the company. success seemed inevitable. this is my certificate for theranos showing my shares, and it was actually signed by elizabeth holmes. so, it s kind of a bit of history? it really is. a sad bit of history, but history nevertheless. eileen lepera was a secretary in silicon valley. she heard about this amazing new company. my boss had indicated that it was going to be, in his words, the next apple and that i should get as many shares as i could, and so i did. it was six figures, which was a large amount for me. what eileen didn t know was that the dream elizabeth holmes was selling was a nightmare. the technology didn t work, but investors like eileen had no idea. elizabeth was in stealth mode, so that we had no idea