4.5
Economie & Zakelijk
A New York Times besteller.
Winner of the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2018.
The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end, despite pressure from its charismatic CEO and threats by her lawyers.
In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: 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 investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at more than $9 billion, putting Holmes's worth at an estimated $4.7 billion. There was just one problem: The technology didn't work.
In Bad Blood, John Carreyrou tells the riveting story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley.
Now a film, starring Jennifer Lawrence.
'Chilling . . . Reads like a West Coast version of All the President’s Men.' – New York Times Book Review
© 2018 Macmillan Digital Audio (Luisterboek): 9781509868100
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 31 mei 2018
4.5
Economie & Zakelijk
A New York Times besteller.
Winner of the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2018.
The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end, despite pressure from its charismatic CEO and threats by her lawyers.
In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: 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 investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at more than $9 billion, putting Holmes's worth at an estimated $4.7 billion. There was just one problem: The technology didn't work.
In Bad Blood, John Carreyrou tells the riveting story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley.
Now a film, starring Jennifer Lawrence.
'Chilling . . . Reads like a West Coast version of All the President’s Men.' – New York Times Book Review
© 2018 Macmillan Digital Audio (Luisterboek): 9781509868100
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 31 mei 2018
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Jan
1 mrt 2023
Deze journalist verstaat zijn vak. Hij bespeurt onraad en stopt niet voordat hij de waarheid aan het licht gebracht heeft. Het verhaal van een start-up die meer beloofde dan ze kon waarmaken en in dat proces alle ethische grenzen overschreed. Ongelooflijk maar waargebeurd.
Olmo
10 jan 2022
Expect a list of everything Theranos has done that lead to its demise. Do not expect an analysis of the persona of Elizabeth Holmes nor of the investment context in which this was allowed to happen.
Albert
16 jan 2022
Onderzoeksjournalistiek zoals het is bedoeld. Voor het vervolg luister naar de podcast Bad Blood, the final chapter.
Henk
9 jan 2022
Incredibly well done business non-fiction
Edmond
15 okt 2021
John Grisham zou trots zijn als hij dit zou hebben verzonnen. Een verbazingwekkend verhaal, goed geschreven en meeslepend verteld. Je ziet de film al voor je. Die schijnt er te komen, geregisseerd door Adam McKay van o.a. de Big Short, naar verwachting degene die dit verhaal eer aan doet.
Max
23 okt 2021
Bill Gates heeft gelijk!
Alzbeta
1 dec 2021
Can not recommend it enough!
Victoria
21 jan 2024
Page~turner. Elizabeth and Sunny deserve to rot in jail but thanks to America’s ridiculous judicial system, they won’t. Carreyrou did an excellent job reporting this scandal.
Kaatje
16 feb 2023
Het verhaal had zo uit een film kunnen komen, bizar! Heel goed geschreven en fijn voorgelezen.
Ksenya
19 apr 2023
"Bad Blood" by John Carreyrou is an absolutely captivating page-turner that reads like a thrilling work of fiction. This impeccably researched and brilliantly written book provides a fascinating insight into the rise and fall of Theranos, making it a must-read for anyone interested in business, technology, and the darker side of Silicon Valley.
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