Meet The World's Latest Self-Made Multi-Billionaire: Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos
07-07-2014, 01:31 PM
Pretty impressive story: girl drops out of Stanford University to labor in obscurity for years to perfect a device that has the potential to revolutionize blood testing - her machines would draw a drop of blood and conduct a battery of tests at a fraction of the cost of current methods, and much more quickly and conveniently. There is a wealth of applications for her technology and that's why her company's board is packed with some serious elite power players.
Her device sounds similar to a burgeoning field of devices known as micro-fluidics, but judging by the valuation of her firm at $9 billion, her device is either unique or well protected against competition or both. Her machine and devices like it could drastically change the dating scene with cheap, near-instant STD evaluations - making it even cheaper and easier to be a huge ho in the future.
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Conclusion: WB
http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherpe...y-amazing/
A closer look at her and her company: http://www.wired.com/2014/02/elizabeth-holmes-theranos/
It's kind of funny how this woman is far more accomplished than the vast majority of women you will hear about in the media (Sheryl Sandberg perhaps), yet there is very little coverage of her. It's like Tuthmosis' refrain that chicks on the street are frequently hotter than A list actresses. Some people are just skilled at playing the media game and garner far more attention than they merit, that they have some quality essential to fame and the limelight, but is unrelated to their real contributions. It reminds me of someone writing about how the greatest warriors and heroes lurk in obscurity, they have a demeanor that draws no attention to itself, and they are entirely content with that - that it's not the adversary boasting of his martial prowess that you should worry about, but the adversary who speaks little and moves silently.
"Real gangsta ass niggas don't flex nuts
Cuz real gangsta ass niggas know they got 'em."
-Geto Boys, Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangster
Her device sounds similar to a burgeoning field of devices known as micro-fluidics, but judging by the valuation of her firm at $9 billion, her device is either unique or well protected against competition or both. Her machine and devices like it could drastically change the dating scene with cheap, near-instant STD evaluations - making it even cheaper and easier to be a huge ho in the future.
Conclusion: WB
http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherpe...y-amazing/
A closer look at her and her company: http://www.wired.com/2014/02/elizabeth-holmes-theranos/
It's kind of funny how this woman is far more accomplished than the vast majority of women you will hear about in the media (Sheryl Sandberg perhaps), yet there is very little coverage of her. It's like Tuthmosis' refrain that chicks on the street are frequently hotter than A list actresses. Some people are just skilled at playing the media game and garner far more attention than they merit, that they have some quality essential to fame and the limelight, but is unrelated to their real contributions. It reminds me of someone writing about how the greatest warriors and heroes lurk in obscurity, they have a demeanor that draws no attention to itself, and they are entirely content with that - that it's not the adversary boasting of his martial prowess that you should worry about, but the adversary who speaks little and moves silently.
"Real gangsta ass niggas don't flex nuts
Cuz real gangsta ass niggas know they got 'em."
-Geto Boys, Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangster