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Theranos

Blood-testing company founded in 2003 and now defunct.

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2003 –
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  1. Active 2003 –
  2. CEO Elizabeth Holmes 2003–2018
  3. people who worked here Ramesh Balwani (board member, chief operating officer and president) Sep 2009 – Jul 2016
  4. board members James Mattis 2013–2016

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  • Ramesh Balwani Sep 2009 – Jul 2016 board member, chief operating officer and president Primary record 2

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Timeline 5 dates
  1. 2003 – Theranos
  2. 2003 Elizabeth Holmes founded Theranos
  3. 2003–2018 Elizabeth Holmes CEO of Theranos
  4. Sep 2009 – Jul 2016 Ramesh Balwani worked at Theranos
  5. 2013–2016 James Mattis board member of Theranos
Proof 3 sources
  1. Elizabeth Holmes Sentenced To More Than 11 Years For Defrauding Theranos Investors Of Hundreds Of Millions, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of California, 18 Nov 2022. Primary record Archived copy
    Holmes, 38, of Woodside, Calif., founded Theranos in 2003 and held the positions of Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer.
    Theranos, now defunct, was a blood testing company based in Palo Alto and Newark, Calif.
  2. Theranos President Sentenced To More Than 12 Years For Fraud That Jeopardized Patient Health And Bilked Investors Of Millions, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of California, 7 Dec 2022. Primary record Archived copy
    Balwani, 57, of Fremont, Calif., was employed from September 2009 through July 2016 at Theranos, Inc. Over time he held the positions of board member, chief operating officer and president.
  3. Former US defense secretary testifies in Holmes fraud trial, Associated Press (via KOMO News), 22 Sep 2021. Scholarship & press
    A few months after retiring from the military in 2013, Mattis joined the Theranos board and also invested some of his own savings in the startup.
    Theranos' other board members included other former Cabinet members such as the late George Shultz, Henry Kissinger, William Perry and former Wells Fargo Bank CEO Richard Kovacevich.
    Besides joining the board, Mattis said he also decided to invest $85,000 of his own savings so he would have some skin in the game.
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