In 2003, Elizabeth Holmes founded Theranos, a company that was supposed to change the world. The startup promised a technology that would allow a full physical and mental health diagnosis based on just a single drop of blood. The revolutionary idea attracted investors who donated billions of dollars to the project. But after some time, Theranos went bankrupt and Holmes became widely known as Silicon Valley’s biggest fraud.
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