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Elizabeth Holmes, the young star of Silicon Valley announcing “revolutionize medicine”, closed 2015 heading the list of Forbes of women “made themselves” richest in the United States. Its estimated at that time fortune was US $ 4,500 million.
However, specialized in business and finance magazine published on Wednesday, according to their estimates, the assets of the engineer and inventor was reduced to ” all “and disappeared annual ranking.
However, Theranos , the company founded and run by Holmes, told the BBC that the information Forbes “ exclusively on speculation and media reports ” is based.
Holmes not yet ruled on the matter, but his disappearance in the ranking of Forbes drew the attention of more than one.
the blood test
the last few months were not the happiest for enterprising 32 based in California, United States.
the “revolutionary” system blood tests developed by his company, which earned him the leap to fame, began to be questioned and rejected by leaders of the world of health.
Theranos refused to share confidential information with Forbes. As a result, the article is based solely on speculation and media reports “
Brooke Buchanan, a spokesman for Theranos
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Theranos set a target to make testing simpler, available blood at all times and cheap.
and under those premises developed a method with which sufficed a little more than a drop of blood to make a quick scan, inexpensive and confidential results.
One more, injections with long and scary needle gave way to a damp towel with a tiny special pen to draw blood.
the progress announced earned him the company a powerful portfolio of new investors who made growing the value of the company until the US $ 9,000 million.
the participation of Holmes in the shares of Theranos is 50%.
However, the series of criticisms and questions led Holmes to declare “ devastated ” about one month
ago.
Reports of media, including the Wall Street Journal , reproduced the questions that questioned the accuracy of blood tests Theranos.
what they say Forbes and Theranos
the business magazine notes that, in addition to the criticism, several federal agencies are investigating Theranos and for that reason decided to review the net value of the company.
Forbes says he talked to a dozen venture capitalists, analysts and industry experts and concluded that “ a more realistic value for Theranos is US $ 800 million “instead of US $ 9,000 million.
with a valuation” so low “, share Holmes” essentially worthless “, says Forbes.
Brooke Buchanan, a spokesman for Theranos, downplayed estimates of the magazine.
in a statement to BBC World, the spokesman noted that ” as a private company, Theranos refused to share confidential information with Forbes. “
” as a result, article is based solely on speculation and news reports “said Buchanan.
The new ranking
The list of Forbes no longer leads Holmes is headed by Diane Hendricks , producer, philanthropist and co-founder of ABC Supply.
the fortune Hendricks calculates Forbes at US $ 4,900 million.
After media Oprah Winfrey , with 3.100 million, and the Delegate Minister of Epic Systems Judy Faulkner , appears which has US $ 2,300 million heritage.
in the list of 60 women, with many common names, they have appeared 13 new, among which the actress Jessica Alba ( at number 42), the writer of novels Danielle Steel (48) and singer Taylor Swift (60).
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