Tag: Theranos

  • Nation & World

    Will fraud jury believe Elizabeth Holmes?

    As the four-month fraud trial of Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes wraps up, Harvard Business School Professor Eugene Soltes, who studies corporate executives and white-collar crime, discusses the case.

    9 minutes
    Elizabeth Holmes.
  • Nation & World

    Visionary, criminal, or both?

    Eugene Soltes, a Harvard Business School expert on white-collar criminals, evaluates the case against Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.

    6 minutes
    Elizabeth Holmes.
  • Nation & World

    Pros at the con

    Psychologist Maria Konnikova ’05, who studies the workings of con artists, talks about what underlies some recent pop culture scams and why we’re so fascinated by stories about them.

    10 minutes
    Anna Sorokin in court.
  • Nation & World

    A cautionary tale for Silicon Valley

    John Carreyrou, the reporter who broke the story about the problems of the blood-testing company Theranos, explains the rise and fall of the Silicon Valley firm, and sees it as a cautionary tale.

    4 minutes