Her story is a stunning fall from grace for the woman who was once poised to change the world. Her technology had promised to run hundreds of lab tests from just a drop or two of blood. It was a promise she would never fulfill.
In 2003, Elizabeth Holmes launched a company which she would come to name Theranos. She officially dropped out of Stanford University during her second year of college to pursue her business full time.
By 2014, Theranos is valued at nearly $10 billion dollars and with the media attention plus the impressive board of directors, Theranos had attracted high-profile investors.
Holmes has settled with the SEC, with no admission of wrongdoing, but is now facing up to 20 years in prison, awaiting a criminal trial for charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
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