Elizabeth Holmes, the CEO of Theranos, escorted CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta around her famously secretive research and development lab like the proud owner she is. The two are dressed in obligatory blue lab coats, safety goggles and bright blue latex gloves.
Holmes began getting media attention in 2014, when she promised that her biotech startup would revolutionize lab testing by delivering faster, cheaper and more accessible results. Overnight, Theranos became the darling "unicorn" of venture capitalists, estimated to be worth as much as $9 billion.
Holmes showed Gupta specimens tucked under chemical hoods. She pointed to a temperature-controlled unit stacked with white boxes labeled "Dengue Clinical Samples." She warmly introduced a woman wearing a white lab coat with the word "Theranos" stitched over her heart.
