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To whom exactly is Ms. Holmes connected? There's an awful lot of cheering over her demise, but I haven't kept abreast of this story.
by s_q_b 10y ago
To whom exactly is Ms. Holmes connected? There's an awful lot of cheering over her demise, but I haven't kept abreast of this story.
- vkou 10y agohttps://www.theranos.com/leadership/counselors https://www.theranos.com/leadership/counselors Kissinger, Shultz, William Perry, two Senators, an admiral... Pretty much a who's-who of Department of Defense insiders. Now, it's entirely likely that these people would be more then happy to push her under the bus.
- s_q_b 10y agoAh, thanks. I should have done some Googling. Her father's with USAID, which does help explain the foreign policy connections. USAID is much more powerful than is commonly recognized, with an unclassified budget about twice that of the CIA, and is frequently involved in international strategic matters.
- Bud 10y agoMore accurate: Republican insiders. Shouldn't leave out the most important adjective.
- xkcd-sucks 10y agoThis is probably a naïve question, but what were they hoping to get out of it? Holmes gets catapulted to a position of power and does favors for them in return, the satisfaction of being a mentor, ...?
- vkou 10y agoMoney. If Theranos were financially successful (At getting an enormous DoD contract, even if they were, technologically a failure), they would have become very wealthy.
- hkmurakami 10y agoFamily friends with Tim Draper of DFJ.