John Carreyrou: Bad Blood (2019, Penguin Random House USA)
Published Oct. 7, 2019 by Penguin Random House USA.
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup is a nonfiction book by journalist John Carreyrou, released May 21, 2018. It covers the rise and fall of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup headed by Elizabeth Holmes. The book received critical acclaim, winning the 2018 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.
The book moves along at a fair clip, telling the stories of those who got swept up in a tech fantasy with no substance. How did everyone miss the red flags in a company where a 19-year old college drop-out claims to have solved medical diagnostics.
(I mean, even Henry Kissinger was involved.)
An expertly crafted account of the woman who girlbossed so hard she accidentally committed multiple counts of fraud and put millions of peoples health at risk.
