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Theranos company history timeline

2004

Robertson put Holmes in touch with venture capitalists and she had raised $6 million in capital by the end of 2004.

2009

In 2009, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani joined Theranos.

2011

In 2011, Holmes met former US Secretary of State George Shultz and shortly afterwards, he too became a Theranos board member.

2013

In 2013 Walgreen Co., which boasted more than 8,000 drugstores in the United States, announced that it had partnered with Theranos to establish wellness centres inside its Walgreens pharmacies.

Tyler Shultz started working for Theranos in 2013 and he was an enthusiastic follower of Holmes’ vision.

2014

In 2014, Theranos, a blood-testing startup pitching a supposedly revolutionary technology, was flying high.

2015

In 2015, Cheung wrote a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the regulatory agency, exposing the problems at the Theranos lab.

2018

In June 2018, however, she and Balwani were indicted for wire fraud by federal authorities.

2019

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley; a documentary produced and directed by the Oscar-winning Alex Gibney was released in 2019 and a feature film is in development.

2021

She is now separated from Balwani and is in a relationship with a wealthy heir – the two had their first child in July 2021.

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