Who is Elizabeth Holmes?

Elizabeth Holmes is an American businesswoman and was the CEO of Theranos, a now-defunct health technology company that soared in valuation after the company claimed to have revolutionised blood testing.

 

In 2015, Holmes was named the youngest self-made female billionaire in the US based on her company's valuation. But later in 2016, fraud revelations led to the revised estimate of Holmes that gave her a net worth of zero, whereas Fortune named her among the "The World's 19 Most Disappointing Leaders".

Following investigations into the revelations, the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2018 charged Theranos and Holmes with deceiving investors by