Elizabeth Holmes Fappening (2024)

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What is happening with Elizabeth Holmes now? ›

She was ultimately convicted of wire fraud and is currently serving an 11-year sentence in federal prison. Holmes' appeal was heard in a federal court in June 2024, however, a ruling is not expected to be issued for several weeks or months.

In 2019, TMZ reported that Holmes's family denied claims of the founder using a fake voice, telling the outlet that her voice is "naturally low." They also said that most people in Holmes's family, including her grandmother, have low voices, and said that Holmes occasionally changes the pitch of her voice — especially ...

Self-aggrandizement ironically locked Holmes into years of painfully certain imposter syndrome as she stalled investors, hoping she could produce a technology she had already guaranteed she had cracked.

Is Elizabeth Holmes actually a genius? No. Her belief that she was a genius came not from any solid evidence of brilliance, nor even from something as meaningless as an IQ test, but from a professor at Stanford telling her she was a genius… shortly before she dropped out.

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is escorted by prison officials into the the Federal Prison Camp on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Bryan, Texas. Holmes will spend the next 11 years serving her sentence for overseeing an infamous blood-testing hoax.

The idea of microsampling has been researched for years. Most notably, Theranos, led by Elizabeth Holmes, was under fire for fraudulently claiming to accomplish this goal using novel technology. However, Stanford researchers may have accomplished what Theranos never could.

Holmes' net worth was valued at $4.5bn at Theranos' peak, reportedly making her at the time America's richest self-made woman, but Forbes earlier this month reduced its estimate of her net worth to zero.

The whistleblowers included Tyler Shultz, the grandson of former Secretary of State George Shultz, whom Holmes befriended and persuaded to join the Theranos board.

Staff also claimed that those who "raised concerns or objections" were "usually marginalized or fired" by the pair. Following the collapse of Theranos, Holmes started dating hotel heir William "Billy" Evans with whom she married in 2019 and had two children (born in 2021 and 2023).

But this wasn't just a connection the media made on a whim. Holmes herself was obsessed with the Apple founder and actually tried to emulate several of his characteristics and practices in her own life.

What does imposter syndrome feel like? ›

When someone has impostor syndrome, they experience repeated feelings or thoughts that they are incompetent or not good enough, despite evidence to the contrary. These beliefs often have roots in someone's personal history and tend to play out in work, academic, and other high-pressure settings.

Dr. Pauline Clance and Dr. Suzanne Imes first coined the term “impostor syndrome” when they published “The Impostor Phenomenon in High Achieving Women: Dynamics and Therapeutic Intervention” in 1978.

One of the most idiosyncratic traits of Elizabeth Holmes — the disgraced founder of the blood testing startup Theranos— was her low, baritone voice, which many insiders suspected was fake. That register is no more — and is now somewhat of a joke for Holmes, who seems to have embraced her natural pitch.

Elizabeth Holmes is an INTJ, Aquarius, and Enneagram Type 3w2.

While Holmes was investigated and tried in the court of law, she married William “Billy” Evans in 2019 and gave birth to their first child, a boy, in July 2021. Her incarceration was delayed after the sentencing, as Holmes was pregnant with her second child. The child, a girl, was born in February 2023.

Was Theranos Publicly Traded? No. Theranos was a privately held corporation until it was shut down and liquidated in September 2018.

Staff also claimed that those who "raised concerns or objections" were "usually marginalized or fired" by the pair. Following the collapse of Theranos, Holmes started dating hotel heir William "Billy" Evans with whom she married in 2019 and had two children (born in 2021 and 2023).

Most of the characters featured in The Dropout are real people involved in the true story, although there is one notable exception in Theranos in-house lawyer Linda Tanner, played by Michaela Watkins.

Elizabeth Holmes's fraud appeal heard by judges

Holmes's lawyer told judges that her client believed she was telling the truth when touting blood-testing devices to receive investment. Theranos was founded after Holmes dropped out of Stanford University, and went on to be valued at $9bn (£7bn).