CNBC has obtained nearly 600 pages of private text and skype messages between former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes and her then-boyfriend Sunny Balwani.
"My new life as of this night and forever more: - total confidence in myself best business person of the year – focus – details excellence – don't give what anyone thinks – engage employees in meetings by stories and making it about them ," Holmes texted Balwani in November 2014 while discussing the full moon that evening.
Holmes and Balwani each face 10 counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. They have both pleaded not guilty. Holmes' trial began last month. Balwani will face a separate trial next year. The private messages, nearly 600 pages' worth, span from June 2011 to July 2016. The texts also show specifics about the high-flying lifestyle Holmes and Balwani led while Theranos wasIn March 2015, Holmes texted Balwani: "Mary Meeker trying to convince me to stay private, raise massive $$$ and go and think bigger."
"People would just disappear and they were leaving without jobs, it was clear the company was grounded to a halt," the former Theranos employee said. "That's a huge red flag."
Bernie Madoff has entered the chat…
Sounds like a duplicate of TFG - just with two X chromosomes.
Yep and Bernie Madoff was the best financial planner / investor around.
Yup that’s all she cared about. . . Accolades. Wealth. Fame. At the expense of lives.
Well, if she can get hundreds of millions in funding based on false technology, and maintain it for as long as she did, imagine what she could do with a real technology!
seems like a fine line...
Yeah me too!