Re:Elizabeth Holmes found guilty
by microtherion on Monday January 03, 2022 @10:12PM
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If you added those names to elicit more sympathy for the defrauded investors, you're not exactly succeeding so far. You could throw in Henry Kissinger as well, and I still wouldn't feel particularly sorry for them…
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Re:Elizabeth Holmes found guilty
by boeingUH60 on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @01:26AM
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I added them to put things in context and refute the statement that Holmes’s situation was about Betsy Devos pulling strings.
I couldn’t care less or sympathize with billionaires who have already made back magnitudes of the money they lost on Theranos with other investments.
For example, Larry is up $14 billion(!) on a $1 billion investment in Tesla in 2018.
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/larry-elliso...
Re:Elizabeth Holmes found guilty
by microtherion on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @09:55AM
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Yes, I understand, it was just that the list was not just populated with run-of-the-mill meh billionaires, these are some of the least popular (at least in certain circles) billionaires one could pick (Nighttime noise disturbances — destroying small businesses - facilitating genocide — they really cover a wide portfolio).
If Holmes had decided to reinvent herself as a Robin Hood figure, she might be feted in Jacobin by now.
Re:Elizabeth Holmes found guilty
by jessaustin on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @12:26AM
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Is there any way that some of those investors/board members could get some federal prison time? Just like, you know, for justice?!