The New York Times’ 5,500-word profile of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was criticized this morning for being too sympathetic. However, Amy Chozick is complicit. Her story may reveal how Holmes captivated investors, business partners, and the U.S. media before The Wall Street Journal exposed her company in late 2015. Nice to be a pretty white …
The former Theranos CEO is essentially two different people. There was Elizabeth, the rock-star inventor whose whose criminal trial captivated the world. Then there is Liz, the mom of two who, for the past year, has been volunteering for a rape crisis hotline and can’t stomach R-rated movies