Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

ISBN: 152473165X

Author: Carreyrou, John

Condition: New

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The gripping story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos-one of the biggest corporate frauds in history-a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley, rigorously reported by the prize-winning journalist. With a new Afterword.Chilling ... Reads like a thriller ... Carreyrou tells [the Theranos story] virtually to perfection. -The New York Times Book ReviewIn 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the next Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup unicorn promised to revolutionize the medical industry with its breakthrough device, which performed the whole range of laboratory tests from a single drop of blood. 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 Holmess worth at an estimated $4.5 billion. There was just one problem: The technology didnt work. Erroneous results put patients in danger, leading to misdiagnoses and unnecessary treatments. All the while, Holmes and her partner, Sunny Balwani, worked to silence anyone who voiced misgivings-from journalists to their own employees.

• The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end, despite pressure from its charismatic ceo and threats by her lawyers. | Crime thriller authors have nothing on carreyrou's exquisite sense of suspenseful pacing and multifaceted character development in this riveting, read-in-one-sitting tour de force....Carreyrou's commitment to unraveling holmes' crimes was literally of life-saving value. -booklist | Binding: hardcover