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In 2002, she was accepted to Stanford University as a Presidents Scholar.
The summer before she started college, she took a trip to China for a Stanford language program.
There, she met Ramesh Sunny Balwani, who would later become her partner in both romance and business.
At the time of their first meeting, she was 18, and he was 37.
Elizabeth began raising money for this early, more ambitious predecessor to her final idea.
According to Carreyrou, she initially called the company Real-Time Cures.
The name Theranos was adopted after she narrowed her focus to blood testing.
Carreyrou reported that records show the pair were living together by July 2005.
Elizabeth laterallegedthat he was physically and emotionally abusive throughout their relationship.
The show remains largely true to Theranoss various obstacles.
The start-up consistently failed to produce working prototypes.
Carreyrou reported that the company recorded results that were played back during demos to potential investors.
Theranos later conducted trials with terminal cancer patients.
While the results did not affect treatment, according to Carreyrou, that was not communicated to concerned employees.
The company decided to focus on the retail market, targeting partnerships with Walgreens and Safeway.
Elizabeth made it clear that employees were replaceable and pushed for longer hours and faster results.
The Dropoutgets plenty of other small details right.
Meanwhile, Seyfried often recites Elizabeths quotes about Theranos verbatim.
Ramesh Balwani, known by his nickname Sunny, iscurrently on trialfacing12 countsof fraud and conspiracy.
Compared to Elizabeth, much less is known about Balwanis personal life.
When he met 18-year-old Elizabeth at age 37, he was married to artist Keiko Fujimoto.
(The two shared a Palo Alto apartment.)
Balwani liked to display his wealth via the expensive cars he drove to work.
Carreyrou reported that one of his license plates read DASKPTL, in a reference to Marxs text.
At Theranos, Balwani built a reputation as the enforcer.
According to Carreyrou, he was often haughty and demanding toward employees, barking orders and dressing people down.
These records of their conversations also confirm thatThe Dropoutaccurately portrayed Elizabeths habit of affectionately calling Balwani tiger.
Balwanis romantic relationship with Elizabethreportedlyended when he left Theranos around May 2016.
His fathers grandfather established the Cincinnati General Hospital and the University of Cincinnatis medical school.
With the company going bankrupt, Christian was laid off.
Despite the financial blow, the Holmes family could still afford to pay their daughters Stanford tuition.
Lucas later introduced her to Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, who made another hefty investment in her company.
InThe Dropout, its not completely clear if Elizabeths brother does much work at the company.
Butemails sharedduring Elizabeths trial showed that Christian, who had no experience with blood testing, made clinical decisions.
He once even reprimanded Theranoss lab director for being uncomfortable with defending a problematic test result.
Christian and Elizabeths mother, Noel Holmes (nee Daoust), hailed from a strong military lineage.
Noel previously worked as an aide on Capitol Hill, but paused her career to raise her children.
She just seemed absolutely confident of her own brilliance, Gardnertold the BBC.
Gardner and Fuis later formed a group chat with Ian Gibbonss widow to discuss news about Theranos.
Gardner was quoted inWall Street Journalreporter John Carreyrous2015 exposeon Theranos.
His wife, Lorraine, was close with Elizabeths mother, Noel.
After Elizabeth left for Stanford, the family moved back to Virginia.
Theranos itself didnt learn about the patent until five months later.
The lawsuit was eventually settled outside of court in 2014, but 82-year-old Fuisz apparently still isnt over it.
Ian Gibbons was a biochemist with a Cambridge education and a penchant for patenting inventions.
He was friends with Channing Robertson, the Stanford professor who mentored Elizabeth and served on Theranoss board.
Under Robertsons recommendation, Ian joined Theranos.
Two years after he was named the companys chief scientist in 2005, Ian was diagnosed with colon cancer.
Robertson told Elizabeth, who immediately fired Ian.
Ian was among a group of Theranos executivessubpoenaedby Fuiszs lawyers to testify for the Theranos lawsuit.
Ian did not want to commit perjury, but feared the consequences of telling the truth.
Rochelle toldThe Dropoutpodcast that the next morning, she discovered that her husband had overdosed.
He died a week later in the hospital at age 67.
He spearheaded plans to place Theranos tests in Walgreens stores.
Walgreens did hire consultant Kevin Hunter to evaluate Theranoss laboratories for issues.
Hunter grew frustrated and suspicious when his requests to see the lab or test Theranoss tech were repeatedly denied.
The first Theranos Wellness Center opened in September of that year.
Walgreens sued for the $140 million it said it invested; Theranos eventuallysettledfor just under $30 million.
Tyler, then a 20-year-old junior at Stanford, told Elizabeth he wanted to be an intern at Theranos.
According to Tylers bookThicker Than Water, she said the company typically didnt accept interns.
After graduating from college, he returned to the company in a full-time position.
His first day at work happened to be the same day Walgreens opened its first Theranos Wellness Center.
Tyler later befriended Erika Cheung, a fellow recent graduate.
Tyler said he never received a reply.
He received a scathing response from Sunny Balwani via email.
Tyler replied with his two weeks notice but ended up leaving the company that same day.
After Tyler spoke to Carreyrou, Theranos claimed to know he had been a source for the story.
He then discovered that two Theranos lawyers were waiting upstairs with documents for him to sign.
After this refusal, Tyler was allegedly followed by private investigators.
Today, Tyler serves as the founder and CEO of his own biotech start-up, Flux Biosciences.
The pair felt uncomfortable with the reliability of Theranos devices as well as the way the company handled data.
Carreyrou reported inBad Bloodthat Balwani also berated Cheung when he ascertained through Shultzs email that Cheung had shared data.
Ultimately, Cheung quit Theranos after seven months, unable to reckon with potentially harming real patients.
In September 2015, Cheung emailed a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services field inspector.
Cheung later testified in Elizabeths trial and went on toco-founda nonprofit that advocates for ethics in emerging companies.
In 2010,Fortunecalled himcorporate Americas No.
By 2015, he was part of Theranoss board.
But Carreyrous follow-up pieces held up as the company came under increased scrutiny and federal investigation.
In many photos of the couple, Elizabeth can be seen wearing Evanss MIT signet ring around her neck.
While Elizabeth is free on bond, she is ostensibly still calling that residence with Evans home.
She began taking Balto with her everywhere, including to work.
Balto, who wasnt potty-trained, reportedly left messes throughout the Theranos headquarters for assistants to clean up.
When asked about Baltos breed, Elizabeth was said to earnestly insist that he was a wolf.
