EAN: 9781035006779

BAD BLOOD - JOHN CARREYROU KARTONIERT (TB)

'I couldn't put down this thriller . . . a book so compelling that I couldn't turn away' - Bill
Gates  'A story so incredible you'd think it was fiction' - James Patterson  Winner of the
Financial Times McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.    The shocking true story of the
breathtaking rise and collapse of Theranos  the multibillion-dollar biotech startup founded by
Elizabeth Holmes  written by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued
it to the end.   Seen as the female Steve Jobs  Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was a
brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup 'unicorn' promised to revolutionize the medical
industry with a machine that would make blood testing significantly faster and easier. Backed
by wealthy investors  Theranos sold shares that valued the company at more than $9 billion. 
There was just one problem: the technology didn't work . . .  Despite threats of legal action 
brave whistleblowers started to talk. They revealed a culture of intimidation and secrecy 
technology that repeatedly failed  results sent to real patients that were incorrect but upon
which life-changing medical decisions were being made  with devastating consequences.   The
riveting story behind The Dropout   in Bad Blood   John Carreyrou investigates the biggest
corporate fraud since Enron  a tale of ambition and scandal set amid the bold promises of
Silicon Valley.    'A tale of corporate fraud and legal browbeating that reads like a crime
thriller' - TIME   The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of the Year

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