Business4 Mar 2026/3 min read
She Faked a Revolution in Blood Testing
ElizabethHolmesconvincedHenryKissinger,RupertMurdoch,andtheUSmilitarythathermachinecouldrun200testsfromasingledropofblood.Itcouldn'trunany.
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ElizabethHolmesconvincedHenryKissinger,RupertMurdoch,andtheUSmilitarythathermachinecouldrun200testsfromasingledropofblood.Itcouldn'trunany.
In 1989, the Soviet Union traded 17 submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer to PepsiCo in exchange for Pepsi. For a brief moment, Pepsi had more firepower than most countries.
In 2003, a team spent years casing the Antwerp Diamond Centre's "uncrackable" vault. They defeated 10 layers of security including infrared sensors, seismic detectors, and a 100-million-combination lock. They stole $100M+ in diamonds. Then one member left his sandwich at the scene.
Elizabeth Holmes convinced Henry Kissinger, Rupert Murdoch, and the US military that her machine could run 200 tests from a single drop of blood. It couldn't run any.
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