Per the New York Times, he accepted about 400,000 shares of Theranos in place of half of his and his firms fees. [20] Very briefly, both served on the Harvard Medical School Board of Fellows after Holmes was given an invitation to join. Two months after Elizabeth Holmes was convicted of four out of 11 counts of fraud and conspiracy at her blood-testing company Theranos, Hulus The Dropout has arrived. But The Dropout, interested in the internal motivations of its main character, also includes details that predate Elizabeths fame. The series premiered on the streaming platform Hulu on 3 March 2022. Mark West @MarkWestSD profile | Musk Viewer Gardner recounts meeting Holmes when she was a Stanford student pitching lofty medical technology ideas; she tried to tell Holmes that what she wanted to do was impossible, Gardner says, but the 19-year-old brushed her off. "This whole saga has taken a financial, emotional, and social toll on my relationships. Stay with us through this few-minute read and we shall tell you all about Dr Phyllis Gardner in real life, where she is now, her married life, and more. Phyllis Gardner was one of the first people the tech entrepreneur approached with her idea for Theranos. Born in November 1947, Andrew turned 74 in 2021. A: No, and the reason is because when I was an adjunct partner of a venture firm for 15 years, you did due diligence. Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes and former COO Ramesh Balwani appeared in federal court facing charges of conspiracy and wire fraud for allegedly engaging in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud investors with the Theranos blood testing lab services. Cheung later testified in Elizabeths trial and went on to co-found a nonprofit that advocates for ethics in emerging companies. In interviews, Elizabeth often named her father, Christian Holmes IV, as one of her idols. She tried to explain to Elizabeth why that might not work but she was not getting through to her. Christian Holmes V, Elizabeths younger brother, also worked at Theranos as a senior manager. (Kimberly White/Getty Images for Fortune), CEO Theranos Elizabeth Holmes attends the 2016 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony on November 8, 2015 in Mountain View, California.