The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Jan 24 2019
•2h 59m
•Documentary
With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, heralded as the next Steve Jobs. Then, overnight, her 10-billion-dollar company dissolved. The rise and fall of Theranos is a window into the psychology of fraud.
Cast
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Elizabeth Holmes
Self - CEO and Founder of Theranos (archive footage)
Alex Gibney
Self - Narrator / Interviewer
Dan Ariely
Self - Behavioral Economist
Roger Parloff
Self - Fortune
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