Bad blood : secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley startup
Carreyrou, John2022
Books, Manuscripts
In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup 'unicorn' promised to revolutionise the medical industry with a machine that would make blood testing significantly faster and easier. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at more than $9 billion, putting Holmes's worth at an estimated $4.7 billion. There was just one problem: the technology didn't work. In this book, John Carreyrou tells the riveting story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley.
Main title:
Bad blood : secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley startup / John Carreyrou.
Author:
Carreyrou, John, author
Edition:
New edition.
Imprint:
London : Picador, 2022.
Collation:
400 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: 2018.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781035006779 (pbk)
Dewey class:
338.7681761
LC class:
HD9995.H424
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3156937