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From Silicon Valley darling to 11 years in prison: Who is Elizabeth Holmes?

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She came, she saw the meteoric rise of her company but then she fell. That’s Elizabeth Holmes for you. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Theranos Elizabeth Holmes has been sentenced to over 11 years in prison for defrauding her investors. Several media reports suggest that Holmes, 38, had falsely claimed that her ‘revolutionary’ blood-testing technology could diagnose various diseases with the help of just a few drops of blood. Once touted as the “next Steve Jobs”, things were not always this bad for this Silicon Valley Star. Let’s take a closer look at the rise and fall of Elizabeth…

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