This picture is of Elizabeth Homes. “In 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Theranos, Holmes, and former Theranos chief operating officer (COO) Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani with raising $700 million from investors through a fraud involving false or exaggerated claims about the accuracy of the company’s blood-testing technology; Holmes settled the charges by paying a $500,000 no admit no deny (NAND) fine, returning 18.9 million shares to the company, relinquishing her voting control of Theranos, and accepting a ten-year ban from serving as an officer or director of a public company.” There was no “Accidentally”, it was intentional to get money they didn’t deserve.
But to those of you who think it’s a relatable meme about imposter syndrome using a random image of an average person in an office environment… yeah the world feels complicated. If you’ve been completely honest to others though, your very presence in that role is the only proof you need to show you actually do know enough.
This picture is of Elizabeth Homes. “In 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Theranos, Holmes, and former Theranos chief operating officer (COO) Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani with raising $700 million from investors through a fraud involving false or exaggerated claims about the accuracy of the company’s blood-testing technology; Holmes settled the charges by paying a $500,000 no admit no deny (NAND) fine, returning 18.9 million shares to the company, relinquishing her voting control of Theranos, and accepting a ten-year ban from serving as an officer or director of a public company.” There was no “Accidentally”, it was intentional to get money they didn’t deserve.
But to those of you who think it’s a relatable meme about imposter syndrome using a random image of an average person in an office environment… yeah the world feels complicated. If you’ve been completely honest to others though, your very presence in that role is the only proof you need to show you actually do know enough.