The Rise and Fall of Theranos

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Michael Krasny

Mar 15, 2018 at

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Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes settled fraud charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, neither admitting nor denying that she and former company president Ramesh Balwani raised $700 million in investments by repeatedly lying about the company’s performance. Balwani is fighting the charges in court. We’ll discuss the charges against Theranos and how they might affect Silicon Valley.

Guests:
Jon Broooks, host and editor, KQED’s Future of You blog
Stephanie Lee, science reporter, Buzzfeed News

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