The cult of personality was the only reason for Theranos existing. Holmes is a young, rich Stanford dropout who idolizes Steve Jobs down to the sweaters, lives like a monk while consuming elaborate vegan smoothies, and claimed to be upending generations of practice with the power of outside-the-box thinking. She raised money and endorsements by being Silicon Valley's wet dream, while the scientific establishment's concerns were ignored.

Let's not ignore the elephant in the room. She was also held up as a successful female entrepreneur/leader. There was a lot of expectation for her to set an example and be a role model.

That... Did not work out very well. The woman behind Spanx would be a better role model for my daughter, methinks.

And that's considering that my daughter likes to look at blood under my microscope.

She was so good at thinking outside the box that she fell off it

A cult of personality doesn't require either[1] [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown

Jim Jones was exceptionally charismatic.

She wears the same thing everyday and dropped out of college,so, yes.