Progress Rating: 5/5
Category: Thriller | Biography
Impression: tackles some serious ethical questions, but it is ultimately a thriller with a tragic ending. It’s a fun read full of bizarre details that will make you gasp out loud. The story almost feels too ridiculous to be real at points
Biographies of great achievers can be a great source for inspiration. They can not only teach us resilience and strategy, but we can also see that every great individual who managed to achieve some ambitious goals had his faith tested several times along the way. Their vision combined with a burning desire and backed by discipline, hard work and people skills are the reasons why we now have great things that we take for granted, which can include: the incandescent light bulb, the antibiotics, the airplane, or the smartphone.
But what happens if, for a bright Stanford student with great resilience, sales skills and connections, being remembered as a great inventor like Thomas Edison, Louis Pasteur, The Wright brothers or Steve Jobs is more important than helping the world with a revolutionary discovery? This is the true and tragic story of Elizabeth Holmes and the company she so desperately wanted to become a success: Theranos.