Elizabeth Holmes Biography

Who is Elizabeth Holmes?

Elizabeth Holmes is an American businessperson. Elizabeth Holmes has founded a health technology company named Theranos.

She is the chief executive of the company. Her name was put in The World’s 19 Most Disappointing Leaders list by Fortune in 2015.

Elizabeth Holmes-Rumors, Controversy

This businessman in March 2018 was accused of securities fraud along with Holmes. It was said that they raised over $700 million through this fraud.

They were charged with not one or two but nine wire frauds case including investors, doctors, and patients. Recently in early Jan 2022, she was found guilty in four cases of defrauding investors. As punishment, she has to serve 20 years in prison and will pay a fine of $250,000 for every proven case.

Elizabeth Holmes- Age, Parents, Ethnicity, Education

Her birthdate is 03 Fen 1984 and she was born in Washington, D.C., the United States as Elizabeth Anne Holmes. The name of her mother is Noel Holmes and her father is Christian Holmes IV.

Elizabeth’s ancestry is Caucasian and has a brother Christian Holmes V.

As per her academics, she attended St. John’s School and then Stanford University but never completed her studies.

Elizabeth Holmes- Professional Life, Career

Elizabeth Holmes started a health technology company named Theranos in the year 2003. It deals in special blood tests for which only a small amount of blood is needed. She was the chairwoman and CEO.

But this firm has faced several accusations regarding their product. The blood-testing device made by this company was declared inaccurate by The Wall Street Journal in Oct 2015. There were also other problems with Theranos and CMS banned the operation for two years in 2016.

Then finally on 04 Sep 2018, the firm announced it will shut down its operations and will distribute all of its assets.

Elizabeth Holmes- Net Worth, Salary

From the data of 2022, her net worth is not yet published. But in 2015, Forbes declared she has a net worth of around $4.5 billion (estimated). But due to the fraud about Theranos, it updated her net worth at zero.

The annual salary from her work life is not yet revealed.

Body Features- Height, Weight

Elizabeth Holmes’s height is 5 ft 5 inches and her body weight is 65 kg. Adding more, she has beautiful blue eyes and has hair in light brown color.

Social Media

Elizabeth is available on other social sites like Twitter with over 30k followers. But she is not on Facebook and Instagram.

Trivia/Facts

• She is 37 years old as of 2022.
• Her zodiac sign is Aquarius.
• At present, she lives in San Francisco.
• She joined Twitter in July 2013.

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