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Elizabeth Holmes

エリザベス・ホームズ　/　えりざべす・ほーむず

American businessperson

February 3, 1984 (age 42)　・　Washington, D.C., United States

businessperson
general manager

My Take

Elizabeth Holmes fascinates me as a case study in how badly we want certain stories to be true. The black turtleneck, the deep voice, the Stanford dropout narrative — Silicon Valley did not just fall for it, it actively co-wrote the myth. My take is that her real transgression was not ambition or even exaggeration, which the tech world routinely rewards, but applying that culture's fake-it-till-you-make-it ethos to medicine, where wrong answers harm real patients. Her conviction drew a line the industry badly needed drawn. I read her story less as the tale of one villain than as a mirror held up to everyone who wanted to believe.

Overview

Elizabeth Anne Holmes (born February 3, 1984) is an American biotechnology entrepreneur who was convicted of fraud in connection with her health technology company Theranos. Holmes founded Theranos in 2003, and its valuation soared in the early 2010s after it claimed to have revolutionized blood testing by developing methods that needed only very small volumes of blood, such as from a fingerprick.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Elizabeth Holmes
Name (Japanese): エリザベス・ホームズ
Reading: えりざべす・ほーむず
Born: February 3, 1984 (age 42)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Rat
Origin: Washington, D.C., United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: businessperson / general manager

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Stanford University

Awards & achievements

2015 Horatio Alger Award

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

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