2. The Enforcer

2. 执行者

The Dropout

犯罪纪实

2019-01-30

38 分钟
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Elizabeth brings on an unexpected character as her right-hand man at Theranos and it turns out they are hiding a big secret. They strike a monumental deal with Walgreens that could potentially put millions of lives at risk while insiders say a culture of fear and intimidation at the company leads to incredible tragedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  • Previously on the Dropout.

  • We met Elizabeth Holmes, a Stanford dropout with less than two years of college under her belt, who launched her blood testing company, Theranos, at just 19 years old.

  • I actually originally did not intend to drop out of Stanford, but I wasn't going to any classes, and I was spending all of my time talking to VC's.

  • And so then, logistically, it just seemed like a waste of money.

  • Obsessed with Apple and Steve Jobs, she'd started wearing black turtlenecks and recruiting heavily from her hero's company.

  • I left 15,000 shares at Apple, but c'est la vie and life continues on.

  • But one by one, those Apple recruits, including Avi Tivanian, Steve Jobs right hand guy, had been dropping like flies.

  • So you were done with Theranos?

  • I had seen so many things that.

  • Were bad go on.

  • I never expected anyone would behave the way that she behaved as a CEO.

  • And believe me, I worked for Steve Jobs.

  • I saw some crazy things.

  • The business was also running out of cash.

  • Okay, so you knew that the company was short on cash.

  • Yes.

  • Yeah.

  • But Elizabeth was about to find a solution to all of those problems.

  • From ABC Radio and Nightline, this is the dropout, episode two, the Enforcer.

  • When did Sunny Balwani join the company?