Bad Blood

Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2018

"You will not want to put this riveting, masterfully reported book down. No matter how bad you think the Theranos story was, you'll learn that the reality was actually far worse." Bethany McLean, bestselling coauthor of The Smartest Guys in the Room and All the Devils Are Here

A New York Times bestseller to be adapted into a film with Jennifer Lawrence to star.

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 tests 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 $9 billion, putting Holmes's worth at an estimated $4.7 billion. There was just one problem: the technology didn't work.

For years, Holmes had been misleading investors, FDA officials, and her own employees. When Carreyrou, working at the Wall Street Journal, got a tip from a former Theranos employee and started asking questions, both Carreyrou and the Journal were threatened with lawsuits. Undaunted, the newspaper ran the first of dozens of Theranos' articles in late 2015. By early 2017, the company's value was zero and Holmes faced potential legal action from the government and her investors.

In Bad Blood John Carreyrou tells the story of Theranos, and encourages us to consider the possible repercussions of our blind faith in a small group of brilliant individuals.

Katrin Pauts soovitab: “Viimase aja kindel lemmik, maailmas ülipopulaarne lugu USA Silicon Valley imelapsest Elizabeth Holmesist (keda tituleeriti naissoost Steve Jobsiks) ja tema loodud „imekompaniist“ Theranosest, mis tõotas kogu maailma meditsiinis revolutsiooni korraldada. Kuid… kõik see oli ainult õhk, ühe naissoost, võib vist nii öelda küll, sotsiopaadi hullunud visioon, mil polnud reaalsusega mingit pistmist. Kuidas ärimaailma vägevad end blondil iludusel ära hullutada lasid ja kuidas suureks imeks peetud Theranose kaardimaja suure mürinaga kokku vajus, on Carreyrou kirjutanud ääretult köitva loo. See annab mõnelegi krimkale silmad ette. Mitte asjata pole Hollywood seda üles korjanud – Holmesi rollis näeb peagi kinolinal superstaar Jennifer Lawrence’it.”