EAN: 9781035006779

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'I couldn't put down this thriller . . . a book so compelling that I couldn't turn away' - Bill Gates 'A story so incredible you'd think it was fiction' - James Patterson Winner of the Financial Times McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. The shocking true story of the breathtaking rise and collapse of Theranos the multibillion-dollar biotech startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes written by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end. Seen as the female Steve Jobs Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup 'unicorn' promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood testing significantly faster and easier. Backed by wealthy investors Theranos sold shares that valued the company at more than $9 billion. There was just one problem: the technology didn't work . . . Despite threats of legal action brave whistleblowers started to talk. They revealed a culture of intimidation and secrecy technology that repeatedly failed results sent to real patients that were incorrect but upon which life-changing medical decisions were being made with devastating consequences. The riveting story behind The Dropout in Bad Blood John Carreyrou investigates the biggest corporate fraud since Enron a tale of ambition and scandal set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley. 'A tale of corporate fraud and legal browbeating that reads like a crime thriller' - TIME The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of the Year

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