Tyler Shultz was in his early twenties when he told Elizabeth Holmes that Theranos had doctored its research. His grandfather, the former Secretary of State George Shultz, sat on the Theranos board and believed her instead. Theranos's lawyers pursued Tyler, his family spent more than 400,000 dollars defending him, and grandfather and grandson were split for years. This episode follows the whole story: the dinner where Tyler met Holmes, the failing tests, the email, the lawyers waiting in his grandfather's house, the Wall Street Journal, the collapse, the trial, the sentence and the new documentary about Holmes.
Founder Stories tells the story of one founder per episode, told plainly and in order.
