Elizabeth Holmes

The Dropout review: Rise and fall of Silicon Valley darling Elizabeth Holmes told with riveting verve

Television: Amanda Seyfried is gripping as ill-fated Theranos founder, steering well clear of caricature

Tue Mar 19 2024 - 23:40

2023, the year of the incompetent fraud

Standards among the crooked are slipping. How can they do better?

Sat Dec 23 2023 - 06:00

Elizabeth Holmes swaps magazine covers for minimum security Texan prison

Planet Business: Summer blockbusters, the man behind Nvidia and how people use technology on holiday

Sat Jun 03 2023 - 06:15

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes turns herself in for 11-year prison term following fraud saga

Tech founder was indicted on fraud charges in 2018 over her role as the head of the failed blood-testing firm

Tue May 30 2023 - 20:07

From Amazon to zero Covid: an A-Z of financial markets in 2022

The year was dominated by rollercoaster news stories such as Elon Musk’s turbulent takeover of Twitter, the downfall of Elizabeth Holmes and the numerous cryptocurrency scandals

Thu Dec 29 2022 - 13:41

Patrick Freyne: Britain has four armed forces – army, navy, air force and Ross Kemp

Kemp is a celebrity vassal for Bridge of Lies, a whimsical TV entity that has needs

Fri Mar 18 2022 - 05:00

Second Theranos trial to start two months after Elizabeth Holmes’s guilty verdict

Businessman who served as Theranos’s co-president accused of wire fraud

Wed Mar 09 2022 - 15:44

Where does hype end and fraud begin in Silicon Valley?

Net Results: Rise and fall of Theranos must give the valley and connections pause for thought

Thu Jan 13 2022 - 05:55

Conviction of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes splits Silicon Valley

Supporters worry spirit of entrepreneurship in ‘jeopardy’

Wed Jan 05 2022 - 11:53

Theranos verdict a cautionary tale for failing entrepreneurs

Conviction a timely warning of difference between rosy optimism and outright fraud

Tue Jan 04 2022 - 15:31

Jury in Elizabeth Holmes’s criminal fraud case to reconvene next week

No verdict reached after six days of deliberations

Thu Dec 30 2021 - 14:34

Jurors in Elizabeth Holmes case end fourth day without verdict

Founder of failed blood-testing startup Theranos faces 11 counts of fraud

Tue Dec 28 2021 - 18:47

Chanel’s advent flop, Holmes on the stand and Bambi the finance minister

Planet Business: Dreaming of a steel Christmas

Sat Dec 11 2021 - 05:44

Elizabeth Holmes denies misleading Theranos investors

Founder of blood-testing start-up nearing end of testimony

Wed Dec 08 2021 - 11:07

Maxwell’s lawyers attacking accusers’ credibility may prove ‘risky’ in MeToo era

Menninger tries to cast doubt on accuser’s testimony by highlighting her acting career

Fri Dec 03 2021 - 19:34

Flying without scissors, Swift’s chart records and the King Canute theory of inflation

Planet Business: Toy guns, tides and technology that does not work

Sat Nov 27 2021 - 05:01

Elizabeth Holmes points fingers at others in Theranos fraud trial

Founder suggests she was too trusting of doctors and scientists

Wed Nov 24 2021 - 12:16

Prosecutors rest their case against Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes

Unclear if Holmes will testify in her own defence

Fri Nov 19 2021 - 19:30

Professional investor tells of being duped by Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes

Brian Grossman’s fund bought $96m of shares in doomed startup

Wed Nov 17 2021 - 13:16

Theranos trial hears from former US defence secretary who invested in company

Elizabeth Holmes accused of fraudulently raising more than $700 million from investors

Thu Sept 23 2021 - 12:51

Theranos whistleblower testifies she was alarmed by company’s blood tests

Erika Cheung reported lab testing problems to federal agents

Wed Sept 15 2021 - 11:52

Theranos trial: Elizabeth Holmes accused of ‘lying and cheating to get money’

Lawyers allude to ‘another side’ of her relationship with former business associate

Thu Sept 09 2021 - 11:11

Silicon Valley still believes in promise of easy blood tests despite Theranos scandal

As Elizabeth Holmes fraud trial begins, $200m invested in blood test start-ups in 2021

Thu Sept 09 2021 - 05:06

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is no ‘villain’, defence tells jurors

In opening argument US prosecutors accuse Holmes of ‘lying and cheating’

Wed Sept 08 2021 - 09:25

Planet Business: A cautionary tale from Silicon Valley

Game over for China’s young video players, as the Premiership’s transfer window closes

Fri Sept 03 2021 - 05:37

The repackaging of Elizabeth Holmes as a victim is already under way

Lengthy juror selection process in Theranos founder case likely to conclude today

Thu Sept 02 2021 - 13:08

Elizabeth Holmes on trial: jury selection begins for Theranos founder

Medical startup CEO is charged with six counts of fraud and faces up to 20 years in prison

Wed Sept 01 2021 - 11:30

Laura Deming: ‘I wanted to work on the world’s most important problem’

The science prodigy turned venture capitalist on why we need to treat ageing as a disease to be treated

Thu Jun 06 2019 - 05:15

Theranos: The whistleblower who exposed fraud to make blood run cold

Erika Cheung was among those to highlight how $700m investors deceived at medical start-up

Sat May 18 2019 - 05:26

Cash cows, top jobs and the return of Elizabeth Holmes

Planet Business: Things are going so bad for Boeing, Trump has got some advice

Fri Apr 26 2019 - 05:00

Theranos and me: A ‘Tallaght cowboy’ in a failed Silicon Valley start-up

Tony Nugent worked for the controversial blood-testing start-up and its fraudster founder

Sat Apr 13 2019 - 06:00

Pilita Clark: ‘Women must insist on right to be as useless as men’

Constantly being urged to celebrate an inspiring or spectacular woman is exhausting

Mon Feb 25 2019 - 05:09

Blood simple: how a Silicon Valley start-up fooled an entire industry

A tale of deception at Theranos shows how easily checks and balances can be abandoned

Fri Dec 21 2018 - 05:45

Maureen Dowd: United States of con artists is our modern reality

White House, FBI, Hollywood, tech sector, education, media are all snake-oil salesmen

Sun May 27 2018 - 20:09