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| Date of birth: | February 3, 1984 (40 years old) |
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Elizabeth Holmes is an inventor and tycoon who was listed as one of the Richest Self-Made Women, but her company lost $.4.5 billion. According to Forbes, she was one of the richest women, and now she has nothing left in her bank account after the loss of $4.5 billion.
Career
Elizabeth Holmes was tagged as the ‘Richest Self-made Woman’ by Forbes. She is the CEO and founder of Theranos. Elizabeth started the company in California, and the aim was to democratize healthcare.
Quotes
“Patients are empowered by having better access to their own health information, and then by owning their own data.”
— Elizabeth Holmes
“Anywhere from 40% to 60% of people, when they’re given a requisition by a doctor to go get tested, don’t, because they’re scared of needles or the locations are inconvenient or the cost is too high. And if you’re not even getting tested, how is it possible that we’re going to move toward an era of preventive medicine?”
— Elizabeth Holmes
“It drives me crazy when people talk about the scale as an indicator of health, because your weight doesn’t tell you what’s going on at a biochemical level.”
— Elizabeth Holmes
“Today, blood work and science are able to provide more of a movie of your health, identifying trends before they become an issue.”
— Elizabeth Holmes
“When I thought about having the greatest impact with my life, I thought about all the times people lose loved ones because diseases weren’t detected early enough. I thought, ‘I can play a role there.’”
— Elizabeth Holmes