Film

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley 2019

Directed by Alex Gibney

  • Documentary
  • 119 min

Visionary. Billionaire. Fraud?

With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, heralded as the next Steve Jobs. Then, overnight, her 10-billion-dollar company dissolved. The rise and fall of Theranos is a window into the psychology of fraud.

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