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Blood testing started as the youngest woman in the United States.
Recently, in the 2015 American female corporate wealth list published by Forbes magazine (Forbes), 31-year-old Elizabeth (Elizabeth Holmes) became the youngest and first woman in the United States with a net worth of 4.5 billion US dollars (about 29 billion yuan). Rich.
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Recently, in the 2015 American female corporate wealth list published by Forbes magazine (Forbes), 31-year-old Elizabeth (Elizabeth Holmes) became the youngest and first woman in the United States with a net worth of 4.5 billion US dollars (about 29 billion yuan). Rich.
Elizabeth's huge wealth stems from the assets of the blood testing company she founded after dropping out of college. In 2003, 20-year-old Elizabeth used the money saved when she was in college to start a blood testing company Theranos in California. In the following ten years, the development of Theranos company has been booming. It is reported that its company has raised more than US $0.4 billion, thus valuing the 10-year-old company as high as US $9 billion. Elizabeth owns more than 50% of the company and her personal assets have risen to US $4.5 billion.
In 2003, as a sophomore, she dropped out of Stanford University in the United States and used the money she accumulated during her college years to start a blood testing company called Theranos. The main technology of this company is very simple: you only need to use your fingertip. A small thing to take a few drops of blood, and cheap examination fees, you can do hundreds of different physical tests.
Compared with the traditional method, it is necessary to draw a small bottle of blood at every turn, and it costs a lot of money to carry out a single test. Her innovative method is obviously more commercially promising. In addition, this innovative blood test method can produce faster and more accurate results, which seems to be of great significance.
As early as 2013, Elizabeth had 8100 chain pharmacies in the United States, and Walgreens, the largest drug retail store in the United States, also decided to set up a Theranos health center in its pharmacy. And such testing centers have now expanded to 21. At the same time, the company is also working with pharmaceutical companies to rapidly improve blood test results in the clinic, which is one of the company's revenue sources.
Elizabeth describes the access to this information as making blood tests clearer, more convenient and more affordable than ever before. It is equally important to give patients direct access to their blood test results. Last April, a government rule that allows patients to see test results without their doctor's authorization came into effect.
Theranos, with its advantages of fast and low-cost products and its purpose of improving patient experience, will have the opportunity to subvert all this. At the same time, Elizabeth's aura will be more and more, and her wealth will continue to rise!
Information from: China In Vitro Diagnostic Network
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