Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes always dreamt of being a billionaire. In that sense and only that sense, her wildest dreams came true. At the height of her powers in 2015, Forbes estimated her net worth to be $4.5 billion. Then everything came crashing down. The rise and fall of Theranos have been breathlessly chronicled, starting with the book that first revealed the breadth of the scam, John Carreyrou’s Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies of a Silicon Valley Startup, followed by a podcast of the same name. Since then, a constellation of Theranos-inspired projects have either been released or announced. There’s ABC’s podcast The Dropout, an HBO docuseries called The Inventor and even a movie in the works starring Jennifer Lawrence. But first up is the Hulu miniseries The Dropout, which is based on the ABC podcast, and stars Amanda Seyfried as Elizabeth Holmes. Like the many projects that came before it, The Dropout charts the story of Elizabeth Holmes, beginning in her childhood in Houston, Texas, and concluding in the unraveling of Theranos on the heels of Carreyou’s investigation for the Wall Street Journal. The series, which is directed by Michael Showalter, is a largely straightforward retelling of the infamous corporate scandal, except it cuts off well before the story ends. Ahead of The Dropout’s premiere on Thursday, here is everything you need to know about what has happened since Theranos came crashing down—including where all of the major figures from the story are now. What happened after Theranos… Click below to read the full story from Esquire
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